Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned

2012-12-17 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Andrew Starr-Bochicchio wrote: > --- a/copyright-format/copyright-format-1.0.xml > +++ b/copyright-format/copyright-format-1.0.xml > @@ -663,6 +663,14 @@ Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts > license short names for unknown Format versions. > > > +For licenses which

Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned

2012-12-17 Thread Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Peter Pentchev writes: > >> I am neither a DD nor a policy editor, so my opinion shouldn't be >> treated as authoritative in any way :) Still, my feeling is that if >> there is no short name for a license defined in the copyright format >> s

Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned

2012-12-17 Thread Russ Allbery
Peter Pentchev writes: > I am neither a DD nor a policy editor, so my opinion shouldn't be > treated as authoritative in any way :) Still, my feeling is that if > there is no short name for a license defined in the copyright format > specification (the specific version of the specification that

Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned

2012-12-17 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:43:18PM -0500, Andrew Starr-Bochicchio wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: minor > > Dear Policy Maintainers, > > I'm seeking clarification on what to use in the License field for > licenses not specifically mentioned within the machine-readable > debian/copyrig

Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned

2012-12-17 Thread Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
Package: debian-policy Severity: minor Dear Policy Maintainers, I'm seeking clarification on what to use in the License field for licenses not specifically mentioned within the machine-readable debian/copyright file spec. There seems to be no direction given in the text. I think to would be good