On 22.09.2014 18:36, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 06:15:08PM +0200, Markus Koschany wrote: >> What do we gain by quoting common licenses in debian/copyright over and >> over again? > > We don't quote (i.e. include the *full* text of) common licenses over > and over again, that's precisely what /usr/share/common-licenses is for, > and this has been that way even before machine readable copyrights. > > (In other words: Sorry, I don't understand your question). > I was referring to the FTP master announcement from 2006 which claimed that version 1 is a requirement for debian/copyright but version 2 is wrong. The question is why is the simplified version 2 wrong when a pointer should be sufficient? Example: Version 1: License: GPL-2+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version. . This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. . You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA . On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License, version 2, can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2. Version 2: License: GPL-2+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
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