Quoting Markus Koschany (2014-09-22 19:25:20) > On 22.09.2014 18:36, Santiago Vila wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 06:15:08PM +0200, Markus Koschany wrote: >>> What do we gain by quoting common licenses in debian/copyright over >>> and over again? >> >> We don't quote (i.e. include the *full* text of) common licenses over >> and over again, that's precisely what /usr/share/common-licenses is >> for, and this has been that way even before machine readable >> copyrights. >> >> (In other words: Sorry, I don't understand your question). >> > > I was referring to the FTP master announcement from 2006 which claimed > that version 1 is a requirement for debian/copyright but version 2 is > wrong. The question is why is the simplified version 2 wrong when a > pointer should be sufficient? > > Example: > > Version 1: > > License: GPL-2+ > This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or > any later version. > . > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the > GNU General Public License for more details. > . > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, > Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA > . > On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public > License, version 2, can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2. > > Version 2: > > License: GPL-2+ > On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License > version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
Version 2 neither contains nor references "a verbatim copy of its copyright information" as required by Poicy - only its "distribution license" (which is only half of what Policy requires verbatim copy of). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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