Bug#883966: debian-policy: please add MIT/Expat to common licenses

Markus Koschany writes: > as discussed on debian-devel [1] I would like to see that more DFSG > licenses are added to /usr/share/common-licenses and that package > maintainers are just allowed to reference them. > License: MIT / Expat > Source:

Bug#884006: copyright-format: Documenting copyrights not in source package but in binary package

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:46:12AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > > One of the files inside Package A is generated during build time. > > However, the generation of the file requires Package B which has > > different copyright, and the generated file in Package A is basically > > a format conversion

Bug#884006: copyright-format: Documenting copyrights not in source package but in binary package

control: tag -1 +moreinfo Dear Yao, On Sun, Dec 10 2017, Yao Wei (魏銘廷) wrote: > One of the files inside Package A is generated during build time. > However, the generation of the file requires Package B which has > different copyright, and the generated file in Package A is basically > a format

Bug#883950: debian-policy: allow specifying common licenses with only the identifier

control: tag -1 +moreinfo Hello, On Sun, Dec 10 2017, Simon McVittie wrote: > This is not really Policy's decision: it's the ftp team (cc'd) who > decide what they are willing to accept into Debian, and they require > the license grant[1] to be reproduced[2]. As far as I'm aware, it > isn't

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Bug#883950: debian-policy: allow specifying common licenses with only the identifier

On Sat, 09 Dec 2017 at 19:57:26 +0100, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > First of all, I'd like policy to stop being unclear on this matter, or > state whether the correct form is [a brief license reference] or > [the full license grant]. This is not really Policy's decision: it's the ftp team (cc'd) who

Bug#884006: copyright-format: Documenting copyrights not in source package but in binary package

Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.2 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Considering the following case: One of the files inside Package A is generated during build time. However, the generation of the file requires Package B which has different copyright, and the generated file in Package A is