Hi folks,
Per the DEP process described at http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep0/, this is
the (belated) announcement that DEP #5 has been taken for discussion of...
"Machine-readable debian/copyright".
Title: Machine-readable debian/copyright
DEP: 5
State: DRAFT
Date: 2009-03-22
Drivers: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
URL: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5
License:
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
notice and this notice are preserved.
Abstract:
Establish a standard, machine-readable format for debian/copyright
files within packages, to facilitate automated checking and
reporting of licenses for packages and sets of packages.
Since this is not a development-oriented proposal (except in the very broad
sense that it touches packages), I believe that debian-project is the
appropriate list for discussing this DEP, not debian-devel.
This DEP has been assigned for quite some time, of course, but I haven't
done a very good job of leading discussion here; a failing for which I
apologize, and which I am now attempting to correct. For those who are
unaware, there has already been a fair amount of discussion of DEP5 on
debian-devel in the past; I will be attempting to gather up the loose
threads and bring the discussion over here as time allows.
--
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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