Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.4.0 Severity: wishlist Russ Allbery wrote[1]: > Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes: >>> Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes: >>>> Russ Allbery wrote:
>>>>> It might be worthwhile to recognize some sort of syntax similar to >>>>> license exceptions so that one can tag the license as "BSD-3-Clause by >>>>> <copyright holder>" or the like. >> [...] >>>> The next sentence "IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE >>>> LIABLE" also varies, and not always in the same way as the first. [...] >> If we change the syntax a little to allow arbitrary identifiers for >> each variant, à la "BSD-3-Clause, MIT variant #1", then I think I was >> just taking a long time to agree completely with your proposed change. >> ;-) > > Oh, yes, that would work. I missed that my proposed "by" syntax implied > that the only thing that changed was the copyright holder. Maybe > "variant" would be a better keyword, taking an arbitrary label. Filing to avoid forgetting. Thanks, Jonathan [1] http://bugs.debian.org/649530 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130101204157.GB17933@elie.Belkin
