Alex Vong <[email protected]> writes: > I am not a mentor, the following is just my opinions:
I'm afraid that if you answer a question on debian-mentors, you're a mentor by definition. :) > I don't know how Makefile.in is being handled in particular, but I > think in general, if one file has more than one copyright notice, then > we should use `and` to connect compatible licenses and add all authors > (or organizations) as copyright-holders. > > So, in this case I would suggest the following: > > Files: */Makefile.in > Copyright: 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > 2004 Oren Ben-Kiki > License: FSF-unlimited > > Of course, one should always follow > <https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/> > if possible. It says: "The Copyright field collects all relevant copyright notices for the files of this paragraph. Not all copyright notices may apply to every individual file, and years of publication for one copyright holder may be gathered together." So your suggestion really fits this mixed situation. But I should probably also add the upstream copyright and license, which do not appear explicitly in the Makefile.am files. -- Thanks, Feri.
