Re: Debian copyright file and contributors

2019-04-29 Thread Dominique Dumont
cme update dpkg-copyright Please see for detailed information: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/wiki/Updating-debian-copyright-file-with-cme Other tools are listed in this page: https://wiki.debian.org/CopyrightReviewTools HTH

Re: Debian copyright file and contributors

2019-04-29 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Friday, 19 April 2019 00:04:03 CEST Tong Sun wrote: > What is the simplest way to put all contributors into the Debian copyright > file? Please don't. Contributors are not necessarily copyright owners. Debian policy [1] requires: > Every package must be accompanied by a verbat

Re: Debian copyright file and contributors

2019-04-19 Thread Tong Sun
ong Sun wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What is the simplest way to put all contributors into the Debian copyright > > file? > > > > I know the hardest way is associate each with their corresponding > > change files, but for popular projects, the Debian copyri

Re: Debian copyright file and contributors

2019-04-18 Thread Mo Zhou
Hi, The simplest way is to modify automatically generated copyright file: $ licensecheck -r --deb-machine . >> debian/copyright On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 06:04:03PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote: > Hi, > > What is the simplest way to put all contributors into the Debian copyright >

Debian copyright file and contributors

2019-04-18 Thread Tong Sun
Hi, What is the simplest way to put all contributors into the Debian copyright file? I know the hardest way is associate each with their corresponding change files, but for popular projects, the Debian copyright file would be unnecessarily HUGE. Would this be acceptable? Especially for those

how to add an additional license to the debian/copyright file (Re: License Question)

2012-12-29 Thread Bart Martens
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 10:06:58AM -0500, Daniel Echeverry wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently working on this bug [1], the package has a licensed font > with this text [2]. Can you tell me how I define this license in > debian/copyright file? > > Please add CC to me, I'm

Re: How to write a machine-readable debian/copyright file?

2012-08-28 Thread Francesco Poli
> reorganizes and groups everything, and writes a machine-readable > > debian/copyright file? > > Is this what you are looking for? > > $ licensecheck --copyright -r . | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > > debian/copyright Mmmmh, interesting... I'll give it a try

Re: How to write a machine-readable debian/copyright file?

2012-08-28 Thread Michael Wild
, >> reorganizes and groups everything, and writes a machine-readable >> debian/copyright file? > > Is this what you are looking for? > > $ licensecheck --copyright -r . | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > > debian/copyright > > You definitely still need to ma

Re: How to write a machine-readable debian/copyright file?

2012-08-27 Thread Vincent Cheng
> debian/copyright file? Is this what you are looking for? $ licensecheck --copyright -r . | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > debian/copyright You definitely still need to manually check the copyright file afterwards for any errors, of course. Regards, Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

How to write a machine-readable debian/copyright file?

2012-08-27 Thread Francesco Poli
Hi everybody, I began to study the machine-readable debian/copyright file format [1], with the plan to adopt it for my (current and future) packages. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ I have a question, though. I can write a debian/copyright file by hand for

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-22 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Bart Martens writes: > I'm personally not a fan of DEP5, because I have not yet seen any > benefits, I wrote git-copyright-scan to be able to automatically update the list of copyright holders from git: http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2011/04/msg7.html I couldn't imagine doing this m

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-22 Thread gregor herrmann
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:42:19 +, Bart Martens wrote: > I'm personally not a fan of DEP5, because I have not yet seen any benefits, > only more work for the packager, and less readable for humans than plain text. Side remark: I personally find a structured Copyright-Format 1.0 file much easier

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Charles Plessy
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM, gustavo panizzo > wrote: > > > > cd /usr/share/doc > > find . -name copyright |xargs grep > > 'http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/' Le Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:35:03AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka a écrit : > > > Sorry, but not helpful.

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Aliaksei Sheshka writes: > I don know any real life proper multi-license new format Debian package > to use as a reference, which makes packaging for beginner even > harder. http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/r/remctl/current/copyright includes all of the Autoconf-based build system

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > Aliaksei Sheshka writes: >> 2) Which license do have auto generated files, like 'configure', >> 'Makefile', *am', etc ? > If there is no human creativity in the generation of the files, then my > understanding of international copyright law is that such files are not > subj

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Aliaksei Sheshka
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Dominique Dumont wrote: > On Monday 16 July 2012 14:59:51 Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: >> I don know any real life proper multi-license new format Debian package to >> use as a reference, which makes packaging for beginner even harder. > > Here's one that was not trivi

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Monday 16 July 2012 14:59:51 Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > I don know any real life proper multi-license new format Debian package to > use as a reference, which makes packaging for beginner even harder. Here's one that was not trivial to write: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/p/pa

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread gustavo panizzo
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:35:03AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM, gustavo panizzo > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 08:59:51AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > > > > > I don know any real life proper multi-license new format Debian package > > to > > > use

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread The Fungi
On 2012-07-16 10:35:03 -0400 (-0400), Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > Sorry, but not helpful. They only represent ~13% on nearly default > Wheezy setup [...] While still not a perfect example, my weather-util package has ISC-licensed and public domain components... http://packages.debian.org/change

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Aliaksei Sheshka
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM, gustavo panizzo wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 08:59:51AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > > > I don know any real life proper multi-license new format Debian package > to > > use as a reference, > cd /usr/share/doc > find . -name copyright |xargs grep > 'http:/

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread gustavo panizzo
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 08:59:51AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > I don know any real life proper multi-license new format Debian package to > use as a reference, cd /usr/share/doc find . -name copyright |xargs grep 'http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/' -- 1AE0 3

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Ben Finney
Aliaksei Sheshka writes: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > > The grant needs to be explicit, written, specifying exactly what > > work is being licensed, in a statement from the copyright holder. > > Ideally of the form: > > > > This is , consisting of . You may > >

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Aliaksei Sheshka
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > Aliaksei Sheshka writes: > > > 1) should a package 'inherit' license from the original COPYING file if > > not stated otherwise ? > > I don't know how to understand that sentence. > > If you are asking whether the mere presence of a ‘COPYING’

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Monday 16 July 2012 04:00:17 Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > You still have to look through your debian/copyright file manually to > check for any mistakes or inconsistencies, but at the very least, the > syntax would be correct. There's also a DEP-5 parser that you can use > to

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Ben Finney
Aliaksei Sheshka writes: > 1) should a package 'inherit' license from the original COPYING file if > not stated otherwise ? I don't know how to understand that sentence. If you are asking whether the mere presence of a ‘COPYING’ file, but no explicit license grant, applies to files in the pack

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-16 Thread Ben Finney
W: irrtoolset source: syntax-error-in-dep5-copyright line 1201: > Continuation line outside a paragraph. This probably indicates you have an indented line (leading whitespace on the line) where it's not expected. It's good that you discovered this now so you can learn how to fix it b

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Bart Martens
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 06:00:59PM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Bart Martens wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:51:46AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > > > I've read the policy but still confused, if some one can help, please > > > take a look. > > > > Do y

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Aliaksei Sheshka
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > Vincent Cheng writes: > > > $ licensecheck --copyright -r . | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > > > debian/copyright > > > > You still have to look through your debian/copyright file manually to > > ch

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Ben Finney
Vincent Cheng writes: > $ licensecheck --copyright -r . | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > > debian/copyright > > You still have to look through your debian/copyright file manually to > check for any mistakes or inconsistencies, but at the very least, the > syntax would

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Aliaksei Sheshka
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Vincent Cheng wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Aliaksei Sheshka > wrote: > > Hi Debian-Mentors! > > > > Is anyone aware/have a script to populate debian/copyright file ? > > $ licensecheck --copyright -r . | /usr/lib/cdb

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Vincent Cheng
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > Hi Debian-Mentors! > > Is anyone aware/have a script to populate debian/copyright file ? $ licensecheck --copyright -r . | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > debian/copyright You still have to look through your debian/co

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Aliaksei Sheshka
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Bart Martens wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:51:46AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > > Hi Debian-Mentors! > > > > Is anyone aware/have a script to populate debian/copyright file ? > > No idea. > > > I'm trying t

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Eric Lavarde
Hi, On 15/07/12 20:08, Daniel Martí wrote: On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 06:04:25PM +, Bart Martens wrote: On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:51:46AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: Hi Debian-Mentors! Is anyone aware/have a script to populate debian/copyright file ? No idea. Probably not. As far as

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Etienne Millon
* Daniel Martí [120715 20:17]: > > > Is anyone aware/have a script to populate debian/copyright file ? > > > > No idea. > > Probably not. As far as I have seen the debian/copyright file is > carefully made, since not only the licenses must be listed but the

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Daniel Martí
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 06:04:25PM +, Bart Martens wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:51:46AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > > Hi Debian-Mentors! > > > > Is anyone aware/have a script to populate debian/copyright file ? > > No idea. Probably not. As fa

Re: Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Bart Martens
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:51:46AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka wrote: > Hi Debian-Mentors! > > Is anyone aware/have a script to populate debian/copyright file ? No idea. > I'm trying to build a package for irrtoolset > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3923

Any script to populate debian/copyright file ?

2012-07-15 Thread Aliaksei Sheshka
Hi Debian-Mentors! Is anyone aware/have a script to populate debian/copyright file ? I'm trying to build a package for irrtoolset http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392333 but the source code has multiple licenses, one file licence a, another b and so on. I've told that

Re: Multilicense `debian/copyright` file

2012-07-13 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 01:09:21AM -0400, Aliaksei Sheshka a écrit : > Hi debian-devel list! > > Please help me to write a proper `debian/copyright` file. > Original COPYING file says: > > Several parties hold copyright to various parts of IRRToolSet. One or more > of the f

Copyright status and US-govt-created works (was: debian/copyright file)

2007-12-28 Thread Ben Finney
Robin Cornelius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There are a couple of files that do NOT have copyright, these were > created by a US government contractor and therefor :- > > Copyright: It is the policy of NLM (U.S. National Library of Medicine) >(and U.S. government) to not assert copyrigh

Re: debian/copyright file

2007-12-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Robin Cornelius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There are a couple of files that do NOT have copyright, these were > created by a US government contractor and therefor :- > > Copyright: It is the policy of NLM (U.S. National Library of Medicine) >(and U.S. government) to not assert copyright

Re: debian/copyright file

2007-12-28 Thread Bart Martens
files be listed separately with its own list of copyright > holders? To me this seems the *correct* way to do things and each file > that does not fall under the Files: * catch all list should have its own > entry in the debian/copyright file. Or can i just add the extra > contribut

debian/copyright file

2007-12-28 Thread Robin Cornelius
Dear mentors, I wanted to ask about the debian/copyright file, I am currently working on a package (openjpeg a jpeg2000 library) that has a long and complicated copyright history. What i mean by that is there have been many contributors over the years and therefor very few files have