Hi, On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 10:29:31PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 13507 March 1977, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Is there any rules in place written somewhere? > > If one takes it all the way to the end, then each and every file ought > to be documented. This, however, is not realistic, especially not for > the class of files you listed. The more people do this, the better, but > we would have to reject 90% of all uploads if we enforce listings like this.
Good ... this seems to indicate you welcome to have them. (I was afraid that you hate to see them.) > > Also, not all files in archive come copyright/license text within the file. > > Not all files CAN come with a license included in them. It is one of the > reasons why one (upstream) should include a file with the (C)/license > text prominently in the distribution. Than one can default to "files not > marked especially with a license follow that one" and revisit that idea > when there is reasonable doubt. (Say, multiple files with license text, > having lots of source files appearently imported, ...) Understood and that is why I glob COPYING files and include them in debian/copyright. So this is good for me. > > There is no DEP-5 rules on what to do. > > There is no way to have a clear rule. Sure but I needed some idea how far my script does. Including all these files listed is easier than excluding autogenerated permissive license files. Let me play a bit on autogeneration of copyright file template. I is lokking better now here. Thank you. 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/20140307171707.GA14876@goofy
