I've applied the following patch to Debian Policy to reference the
copyright format specification.
commit 4f24058d5be9b9f5376cda90e4c03e66690ea6dd
Author: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Date: Tue Feb 21 13:44:39 2012 -0800
Reference copyright-format from Debian Policy
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 8100da0..b3c5886 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@
<tt><url name="/doc/developers-reference/"
id="http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/";></tt>.
</p>
+
+ <p>
+ Finally, a <qref id="copyrightformat">specification for
+ machine-readable copyright files</qref> is maintained as part of
+ the <package>debian-policy</package> package using the same
+ procedure as the other policy documents. Use of this format is
+ optional.
+ </p>
</sect>
<sect id="definitions">
@@ -9913,7 +9921,27 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
You should not use the copyright file as a general <file>README</file>
file. If your package has such a file it should be
installed in <file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var>/README</file> or
- <file>README.Debian</file> or some other appropriate place.</p>
+ <file>README.Debian</file> or some other appropriate place.
+ </p>
+
+ <sect1 id="copyrightformat">
+ <heading>Machine-readable copyright information</heading>
+
+ <p>
+ A specification for a standard, machine-readable format
+ for <file>debian/copyright</file> files is maintained as part
+ of the <package>debian-policy</package> package. This
+ document may be found in the <file>copyright-format</file>
+ files in the <package>debian-policy</package> package. It is
+ also available from the Debian web mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/"
+
id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/";></tt>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Use of this format is optional.
+ </p>
+ </sect1>
</sect>
<sect>
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index b62e5e0..7d5016a 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Unreleased.
Debian maintainers involved in the creation of the package (although
note that the requirement to list copyright information is unchanged).
</item>
+<tag>copyright-format</tag>
+ <item>Version 1.0 of the "Machine-readable <file>debian/copyright</file>
+ file" specification is included.
+ </item>
<tag>mime</tag>
<item>Retire this separate document and merge its (short) contents into
Policy section 9.7. There are no changes to the requirements.
--
Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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