hi, i'm packaging r-cran-bms which is released under the Artistic-2.0 license, but i'm never quite sure what to put in the copyright file. for GPL2, GPL2+, etc. i just go and find an existing package, and pillage it's copyright file, i.e.:
========== Files: * Copyright: 2010-2013 Martin Feldkircher, Stefan Zeugner License: GPL-2 License: GPL-2 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2. . This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. . You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA . On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'. =========== but this is not the same as the content of the license itself. this is a statement that the file is licensed under GPL2. i'm looking for the equivalent 'blurb' if you like, for the Artistic license 2.0, but whenever i google it, i just get the license itself. any tips on how i track down/create the appropriate blurb? with thanks jonathon -- JASP - A Fresh Way to Do Statistics http://jasp-stats.org/ -- How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all. -- Sir Henry Wotton
