Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-05 Thread Simon McVittie
On 05/09/15 11:23, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Balasankar C (2015-09-04 20:42:19) >> Yeah. I know that. Why I asked for such a script is that some of the >> packages I dealt with just mentioned "Released under XYZ license. >> Copyright 20xx MNO" without any explicit license text (they

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Balasankar C (2015-09-04 20:42:19) > On ശനി 05 സെപ്റ്റംബര്‍ 2015 12:01 രാവിലെ, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Quoting Balasankar C (2015-09-04 19:38:20) >>> Is there any script which takes abbreviation of a license (like >>> GPL-3+) as input and generates the license text that can be used in

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-05 Thread Balasankar C
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On ??? 05 2015 03:53 , Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Either upstream states actual licensing terms, or refer to external > licensing terms. It seems we use the term "boilerplate" > differently: I don't call it "boilerplate" when

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Balasankar, Quoting Balasankar C (2015-09-04 19:38:20) > Is there any script which takes abbreviation of a license (like > GPL-3+) as input and generates the license text that can be used in > debian/copyright (80 character wrapped, one space before each line, > paragraph separated with

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Balasankar C
On ശനി 05 സെപ്റ്റംബര്‍ 2015 12:01 രാവിലെ, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Hi Balasankar, > > Quoting Balasankar C (2015-09-04 19:38:20) >> Is there any script which takes abbreviation of a license (like >> GPL-3+) as input and generates the license text that can be used in >> debian/copyright (80

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Markus Koschany
Am 04.09.2015 um 19:38 schrieb Balasankar C: [...] > Is there any script which does this already? If not, can I write one > that supports all DFSG-happy licenses and add it to devscripts? > Hi, You can use a combination of licensecheck (devscripts) and licensecheck2dep5 (cdbs) to accomplish

Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Balasankar C
Hi, Is there any script which takes abbreviation of a license (like GPL-3+) as input and generates the license text that can be used in debian/copyright (80 character wrapped, one space before each line, paragraph separated with periods - the whole deal. For example, if the script is named

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Carsten Schoenert
Hello Balasankar, Am 04.09.2015 um 19:38 schrieb Balasankar C: > Hi, > > Is there any script which takes abbreviation of a license (like > GPL-3+) as input and generates the license text that can be used in > debian/copyright (80 character wrapped, one space before each line, > paragraph

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Jose-Luis Rivas
I have used neosnippet for it https://github.com/ghostbar/vim-snippets/blob/master/snippets/_/licenses.snip -- ⨳ PGP 0x13EC43EEB9AC8C43 ⨳ https://ghostbar.co

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Balasankar C
Hi, [Don't CC me. I am subscribed to the list] On വെള്ളി 04 സെപ്റ്റംബര്‍ 2015 11:37 വൈകു, Carsten Schoenert wrote: > I was successful using the cme command [1] from the package > libconfig-model-dpkg-perl [2] while refreshing the copyright > information for Icedove to create a base for further

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, Here is another suggestion ... use debmake! On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 11:08:20PM +0530, Balasankar C wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any script which takes abbreviation of a license (like > GPL-3+) as input and generates the license text that can be used in > debian/copyright (80 character

Re: Script to generate common license texts

2015-09-04 Thread Craig Small
On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 11:08:20PM +0530, Balasankar C wrote: > Is there any script which takes abbreviation of a license (like > GPL-3+) as input and generates the license text that can be used in > debian/copyright (80 character wrapped, one space before each line, > paragraph separated with