On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 03:59:21PM -0700, Scott Ritchie wrote: > On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 11:03 +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 11:47:58PM +0200, Stefan Potyra wrote: > > > Usually you'll need to list the different licenses as well in > > > debian/copyright. > > > > "Usually"? Can you give an example of a case where the different licences > > *wouldn't* have to be listed in debian/copyright? > > That's simple - some licenses allow you to change the license! For > example: "This software is available under license A if you get it from > the author, however license A does not have redistribution rights. > However, you may redistribute it under license B, which does" -- we > wouldn't need to mention license A in debian/copyright, as all we would > be concerned about is the redistributable license that all of us have.
Your example reduces to "you don't have to mention a licence that doesn't apply", which should be a pretty obvious guideline. - Matt -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
