X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.2 Severity: minor User: [email protected] Usertags: normative issue
Dear all, I forward here Dominique's comment from ‘http://bugs.debian.org/642833#66’. (see also the next messages in that thread). Le Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 04:21:07PM +0200, Dominique Dumont a écrit : > > Consider the following (admitedly contrived) copyright paragraph: > > Files: this license applies to any of them > License: GPL-1+ > GPL-1+ yada yada > > Is it: > - a "Files" paragraph with a License field ? > - a "License" paragraph with an extra "Files" field ? Perhaps we can clarify how to distinguish files and stand-alone license paragraphs. The attached patch is in line with what lintian and config-model do. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
>From 09bcf96b6912c877bd48de697cd4147a980462e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Plessy <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:12:23 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify what distinguishes files and stand-alone license paragraphs. --- copyright-format/copyright-format.xml | 12 +++++++----- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/copyright-format/copyright-format.xml b/copyright-format/copyright-format.xml index d6790aa..b9efe39 100644 --- a/copyright-format/copyright-format.xml +++ b/copyright-format/copyright-format.xml @@ -172,11 +172,13 @@ <title>Paragraphs</title> <para> There are three kinds of paragraphs: the first one is called the - <link linkend="header-paragraph">header paragraph</link>. Every other - paragraph is either a <link linkend="files-paragraph">Files</link> - paragraph or a <link linkend="stand-alone-license-paragraph">stand-alone - license</link> paragraph. This is similar to source and binary package - paragraphs in <filename>debian/control</filename> files. + <link linkend="header-paragraph">header paragraph</link>, similarly + to the source package paragraphs in <filename>debian/control</filename> + files. Every other paragraph is either a <link linkend="files-paragraph">Files</link> + paragraph, characterised by the presence of a <varname>Files</varname> + field, or a <link linkend="stand-alone-license-paragraph">stand-alone license</link> + paragraph, characterised by the presence of a <varname>License</varname> + field and the absence of a <varname>Files</varname> field. </para> <section id="header-paragraph"> -- 1.7.5.4
