On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:19:18PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > 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. I think this particular patch has been superseded by the refactoring of paragraphs definitions vs. field definitions done in the DEP repo. Since we now explicitly state that a Files paragraph has the Files, Copyright, and License fields as required, the paragraph shown above is not a Files: paragraph (it's missing a Copyright field). So perhaps it's a stand-alone License paragraph with an extra Files: field. I don't think that should be legal either however; we allow "extra fields" to be added to any paragraph, but I don't believe the intent is to allow *defined* fields to be used in paragraphs where they are not specified to be permitted - only to allow new field names to be used. So I think something like the attached patch should be applied. Thoughts? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected]
=== modified file 'dep5/copyright-format.xml'
--- old/dep5/copyright-format.xml 2011-12-18 17:38:43 +0000
+++ new/dep5/copyright-format.xml 2011-12-18 22:49:01 +0000
@@ -108,14 +108,17 @@
mandated upstream information, copyright notices and licensing details.
</para>
<para>
- The syntax of the file is the same as for other Debian control files, as
- specified in the Debian Policy Manual. See its <ulink
+ The syntax of the file is the same as for other Debian control files,
+ as specified in the Debian Policy Manual. See its <ulink
url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields#s-controlsyntax";>section
- 5.1</ulink> for details. Extra fields can be added to any paragraph. No
- prefixing is necessary or desired, but please avoid names similar to
- standard ones so that mistakes are easier to catch. Future versions of
- the <filename>debian/copyright</filename> specification will attempt to
- avoid conflicting specifications for widely used extra fields.
+ 5.1</ulink> for details. Additional fields can be added to any
+ paragraph, but the fields defined in this document are only allowed in
+ the paragraphs where they are specified to be present. No prefixing
+ is necessary or desired for new field names, but please avoid names
+ similar to standard ones so that mistakes are easier to catch. Future
+ versions of the <filename>debian/copyright</filename> specification
+ will attempt to avoid conflicting specifications for widely used extra
+ fields.
</para>
<para>
The file consists of two or more paragraphs. At minimum, the file
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