Steve Langasek <[email protected]> writes:

>  - single header paragraph plus a single Files: * paragraph.  In this case,
>    any License/Copyright fields in the header paragraph are used only to
>    document compilation copyright and whole-package license terms (e.g., the
>    effective license of a package whose individual files are dual-licensed
>    but only one of these licenses is compatible with the rest of the work;
>    or when a maintainer is choosing to sublicense or redistribute a package
>    under different terms than the obvious ones).  This implies that the
>    maintainer must make the additional effort of working out what a correct
>    copyright notice is that covers "Files: *".

> I have no preference between these two, but I do think it's important to
> pick one so that the semantics are consistent.

> Given the current language and the feedback in this thread, I think
> there is a general preference for the second option.  Russ, does this
> meet your needs?

Yup.  That option seems fine to me.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([email protected])               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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