On 14900 March 1977, Markus Koschany wrote: > Allow the use of the short-license identifier only in the form: > Files: foo.bar > Copyright: 2017, Smith <f...@example.com> > License: [GPL-2+] > without the extra standalone paragraph which will mean exactly the > same as
> License: GPL-2+ > On Debian systems the full license text of the GNU General Public > License 2 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 > in the future. Fine. > Similar for other licenses under /usr/share/common-licenses. Ack. > To clarify the meaning of this new short-license identifier, we intend > to document it in a modified version of copyright format 1.0 which will > be (most likely) released as copyright format 1.1. Especially the > meaning of the + sign will be clarified. To ensure that every Debian > user will have access to this documentation, copyright format 1.1 will > be installed onto all Debian systems locally. > Format: /usr/share/common-licenses/copyright-format/1.1 While a little README about wtf the files in this dir are may be helpful for a lost local admin stumbling into this dir, I don't see anything useful in a copyright-format file over there. Needless split for no gain. Document it in policy aside the rest and be done, thats the place where people go to look for such info. > The intention is to reduce unnecessary boilerplate in debian/copyright > by referencing licenses on the local system and thus saving developer > time and also improving readability. Ay. -- bye, Joerg
