>> They are simply statements about copyright, not new licenses. >> Non-copyrightability of these files is another argument why I think >> there should be no expectation (e.g. via Lintian) to have to assign them >> any copyright information in the first place. > > I admit to being a little confused about why you are having issues with > Lintian that I've never seen, but perhaps it was a recent change? > > I would just use a File: * stanza with the general package license and let > it cover such files and not give it a second thought. It is not worth your > time and energy, or the time and energy of someone reading > debian/copyright, to worry about whether those files are copyrightable or > not.
This might be an artifact of spdx2debian not (always or by default or never; would have to investigate) generating a catch-all Files: * stanza. If a project is fully SPDX/REUSE compliant, spdx2debian can (theoretically) generate an exhaustive and correct d/copyright for all non-licensing related files without resorting to catch-all-but-not-really-all blocks. This might make d/copyright files less readable but more accurate/technically correct.
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