On Sunday, December 15, 2024 2:18:53 AM MST Xiyue Deng wrote:
> Thanks for the detailed explanation!  AIUI, as long as the files are
> using the same license, their copyright holders can be grouped by one
> stanza, regardless of individual file copyright holder differences.  Is
> my understanding correct?

Yes, that is correct.
 
> > As an example, check out the following debian/copyright:
> > 
> > https://salsa.debian.org/soren/feather-wallet/-/blob/main/debian/
copyright?
> > ref_type=heads#L29-46
> 
> I was initially confused by multiple "BSD-3-clause" stanzas, but later
> realized that there was another license stanza for the upper directory
> (very subtle).

Feather-wallet has a surprisingly complex debian/copyright file given the small 
size of the codebase.  That is why I choose to link to it, because it covers a 
large number of corner cases, and so is good for explanation purposes.  I can 
tell you that writing it wasn’t exactly my idea of a fun time.

-- 
Soren Stoutner
so...@debian.org

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