Hi, While refining my debmake command and sponsoring libkkc package as my test case, I came to questions on practical aspect of debian/copyright file.
How far we need to document in debian/copyright for auto-generated and what to do with files with explicit text. I want to know this to refine debmake command. When FTP master rejected previous upload rightfully, he had interesting message: > Please add the missing LGPL license of at least: > libkkc/kkc-1.0.pc.in > tests/lib/test-case.vala > tests/lib/test-case.c > and the missing GPL2+ license of: > libkkc/user-rule.vala > libkkc/user-rule.c > to debian/copyright. (These are not permissive licenses.) He was not asking to list auto-generated files with permissive licenses. ./m4/intltool.m4 ./m4/ltversion.m4 ./m4/libtool.m4 ./m4/ltoptions.m4 ./m4/ltsugar.m4 ./m4/lt~obsolete.m4 ./po/Makefile.in.in 'aclocal.m4', 'config.guess', 'ltmain.sh' (As I found out these by reviewing the package.) (These all are autotools generated special exception ones with slightly different wordings.) Is there any rules in place written somewhere? I need a correct list so I can exclude them from debmake copyright check list. Currently, I am excluding the followings: 'Makefile.in', 'compile', 'config.h.in', 'config.sub', 'configure', 'depcomp', 'install-sh', 'ltconfig', 'missing', 'mkinstalldirs', 'py-compile' Also, not all files in archive come copyright/license text within the file. There is no DEP-5 rules on what to do. For example the followings are likely not come with copyright/license text within the file. 'INSTALL', 'README', 'README.txt', 'README.Debian', 'ChangeLog', 'changelog', I am excluding these and also 'COPYING' and 'LICENSE' from auto license scanning. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140306151210.GA494@goofy
