Re: Use of License-Reference in debian/copyright allowed?
Hi Jonas!
On 1/16/22 20:06, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2022-01-16 19:53:48)
>> Quoting John Paul Adrian Glaubitz (2022-01-16 19:38:25)
>>> I have updated debian/copyright of both fs-uae-* packages to use the
>>> "License-Reference" keyword, however lintian now complains about the
>>> missing license texts so I'm wondering whether this approach - which
>>> I like - is actually compliant with the Debian Policy?
> [...]
>> I firmly believe that it is Policy-compliant to reference files
>> included with package base-files and installed below
>> /usr/share/common-licenses. All other license texts must be included
>> verbatim in the debian/copyright file
>
> Maybe more interesting than what I personally believe might be, that I
> use that writing style generally for the about 600 packages that I am
> involved in maintaining, and evidently ftpmasters agree with me.
That's a very positive sign that the FTP team will accept the writing style
as well.
> For anyone considering to adopt this pattern, it is quite some time ago
> that I helped Vasudev package Roboto fonts, and I have simplified and
> extended my writing style to use the shorter field "Reference" and also
> use it to reference sources of copyright holders and license grants when
> not contained in licensed file itself (with a little special twist of
> self-referencing canonical statements in debian/copyright).
I agree it's a great idea as it saves a lot of time. Writing an acceptable
debian/copyright file can be quite frustrating so this is a very welcome
improvement.
> I use the package ghostscript as my sort-of reference package. Look at
> that for my newest inventions on copyright file writing and checking.
>
> See also https://wiki.debian.org/CopyrightReviewTools
Thanks, I'll have a look!
Thanks a lot for the quick and detailed response!
Adrian
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