Bug#884226: debian-policy: please add EPL-1.0 to common licenses

2017-12-13 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi again, Markus Koschany wrote: > Let me try to explain it this way: Take src:ufoai-data or src:netbeans > for example. Both packages ship approximately a dozen different > licenses. I can't simply copy the upstream license because I have > to format it to make it copyright format 1.0

Bug#884226: debian-policy: please add EPL-1.0 to common licenses

2017-12-13 Thread Markus Koschany
Am 13.12.2017 um 19:56 schrieb Jonathan Nieder: > Hi, > > Markus Koschany wrote: > >> I would like to argue that disk space is no longer an issue in 2017 and >> people with special needs (embedded systems) will most likely remove >> /usr/share/common-licenses anyway. > > I agree: space on

Bug#884226: debian-policy: please add EPL-1.0 to common licenses

2017-12-13 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Markus Koschany wrote: > I would like to argue that disk space is no longer an issue in 2017 and > people with special needs (embedded systems) will most likely remove > /usr/share/common-licenses anyway. I agree: space on installation media and network transfer time are more important than

Bug#884226: debian-policy: please add EPL-1.0 to common licenses

2017-12-13 Thread Markus Koschany
Am 13.12.2017 um 19:18 schrieb Jonathan Nieder: > Markus Koschany wrote: > >> as discussed on debian-devel [1] I would like to request that more DFSG >> licenses are added to /usr/share/common-licenses and that package >> maintainers are allowed to reference them. >> >> License: EPL-1.0 >>

Bug#884226: debian-policy: please add EPL-1.0 to common licenses

2017-12-13 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Markus Koschany wrote: > as discussed on debian-devel [1] I would like to request that more DFSG > licenses are added to /usr/share/common-licenses and that package > maintainers are allowed to reference them. > > License: EPL-1.0 > Source: https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html > Example

Bug#884226: debian-policy: please add EPL-1.0 to common licenses

2017-12-12 Thread Markus Koschany
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.2.0 Severity: normal Hi, as discussed on debian-devel [1] I would like to request that more DFSG licenses are added to /usr/share/common-licenses and that package maintainers are allowed to reference them. License: EPL-1.0 Source: