Hello Daniel, > > According to the documentation, this is a valid way of specifying the > > licence. > > re formatting: you're right. however, I think the specification is > generally interpreted in the way that when you have multiple file > blocks, you'd use (multiple) distinct license blocks. you're certainly > not the only one doing it "the other way", but it's the first I've seen > it that way in all the years. > > for m4: unrelated to the formatting, (just to reiterate as it seems to > have gone unnotices), you do not have to list it in the first place > (thus decluttering d/copyright a bit).
Hm ok, I briefly tried removing the whole licence block for m4/ac_pthread.m4, but then Lintian fails with something like ‘possible GPL-linked code detected’. So instead of investigating this new issue I just left it as is. > > I will update the package and reupload soon. > > great, let me know and I'm happy to sponsor it. That is very good to hear. I’ve uploaded an updated version to mentors. Thanks a lot!
