Ximin Luo wrote:
> the current DEP5 supports this and has it as an explicit example.
Relevant wording:
Section "Paragraphs", subsection "Stand-alone License Paragraph" says:
Where a set of files are dual (tri, etc) licensed, or when the
same license occurs multiple times, you can use a single-line
License field and stand-alone License paragraphs to expand the
license short names.
Problems:
- the wording only permits stand-alone License paragraphs describing
license short names, not short names with exceptions appended
- the wording only permits stand-alone License paragraphs when a set
of files has a complex license or the same license occurs multiple
times, contradicting common practice of using stand-alone License
paragraphs when convenient in simpler situations, too.
Section "Fields", subsection "License" says:
Remaining lines: if left blank here, the file must include a
stand-alone License paragraph matching each license short name
listed on the first line.
Problem:
- the wording only permits stand-alone License paragraphs describing
license short names.
Section "License specification", subsection "Syntax" includes an
example of a License field for the license "GPL-2+ with OpenSSL
exception". It does not make it clear whether this example is
suitable for Files paragraphs and stand-alone License paragraphs, or
only one of the two.
Hope that helps.
Jonathan
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