Quoting Osamu Aoki (2015-11-15 04:07:10) > Please note one type of de-facto exception which is not documented but > widely accepted. FTP master has accepted such packages with the GNU > permissive type license on autotools generated files. I see almost no > one follow the rule literary on these files. Right - 72 packages register GAP licensing terms (plus maybe some not using machine-readable files with that common license shortname): https://codesearch.debian.net/results/License%3A%20GAP%20path%3A%2Fdebian%2Fcopyright/page_0 > They are slightly different files to files and are nothing but noise > for then purpose we use debian/copyright if we pedantically list them. Registering such files is not simply noise: It is a way of signalling "this file has been checked and is believed to be DFSG-compliant", which is is quite different from "this file was added in a later upstream release, was not checked by the package maintainer nor by the ftpteam". - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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