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Bug#458385: marked as done (Include Artistic 2.0 in common-licenses)

Your message dated Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:37:48 -0700
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and subject line Re: Bug#458385: New version of Artistic License
has caused the Debian Bug report #458385,
regarding Include Artistic 2.0 in common-licenses
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Package: base-files
Version: 4.0.1
Severity: wishlist

I'd like to request the addition of the file:

<http://www.perlfoundation.org/attachment/legal/artistic-2_0.txt>

as "Artistic-2" in /usr/share/common-licenses/.

Thanks,
Allison

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Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

> Nearly a year later, I've now written a script to check through the
> archive for usage of various licenses.  For the Artistic 2.0 license, it
> looks for:

>     (?m)^License:.*Artistic-2   (DEP-5 format)
>     The Artistic License 2\.0   (text found in the license)

> Based on that search, there are still only 20 binary packages in the
> archive covered by the Artistic 2.0 license.

> Given that, this license really isn't common in Debian, and hence
> doesn't warrant inclusion in common-licenses.  For comparison's sake,
> the least-used license included in common-licenses (the GFDL) is used by
> 875 binary packages.

> I'm therefore marking this bug as rejected, although it will remain open
> for some time if anyone else disagrees and wants to make a case for its
> inclusion.  Certainly if the license becomes more broadly used in the
> future, it can be proposed for inclusion again at that time.

And now, a month later, I'm closing this bug; the subsequent discussion
didn't raise new issues.  As mentioned in one of the follow-up messages,
a useful guideline for when it would be time to include this license is
when usage approaches that of the currently least-used license family in
Debian, or around 850 binary packages, or alternatively at the point at
which this license is used by perl-base.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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