Matthijs Kooijman <[email protected]> writes: > given that DEP5 is now part of debian-policy, I think this is the right > place for this dicussion? I use DEP5 here, though it's technically the > "Machine-readable debian/copyright file"-specification v1.0, but that's > so long to write :-p
> Looking at my debian/copyright file, in DEP5 format, it's not entirely > clear to me how to treat unnamed licenses. > Before, I just used as short description instead of an actual "short name": > License: Custom binary-only license > <license text here> > However, lintian complained about spacing not being allowed in a short > name. For this license, which really has no name and is just > a list of conditions, making up a new name didn't seem right. The syntax requires some short name. I think it's fine to just use something arbitrary that passes the syntax check, like "custom-license". That's what I do. -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
