also sprach gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org> [2009.08.29.1423 +0200]: > As a first approach I've grepped thruugh the lintian lab: > > gre...@bellini:/org/lintian.debian.org/laboratory/source$ egrep "(Artistic > License (Version )*2|Artistic-2)" */debfiles/copyright | cut -f1 -d/ | uniq | > wc -l > 19 > > I might have missed something but the number doesn't seem very high > in any case. > (Which is a pity, since I also feel that having Artistic-2 in > common-licenses would be nice. Maybe later :))
All of my packages use the AL2 for packaging. Your numbers seem off. I usually say Released under the terms of the Artistic Licence 2.0 and I link to http://www.perlfoundation.org/legal/licenses/artistic-2_0.html I vote for inclusion of the licence. It's well-established, and I cannot think of negative effects. We're not suggesting to include all OSI licences, just this one. Also, the AL1 is only DFSG-free by overruling decision. The AL2 fixes that. It would be nice to make it easier, and give people an incentive, to deprecate AL1 so we can actually increase freedom in Debian. I thought I had filed a bug requesting the addition against base-files 7-8 years ago, but I cannot find it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madd...@d.o> Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "der beruf ist eine schutzwehr, hinter welche man sich erlaubterweise zurückziehen kann, wenn bedenken und sorgen allgemeiner art einen anfallen." - friedrich nietzsche
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