Re: Syntax of parseable copyright files with multiple licenses

[David Fox <dsf@seereason.com>]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Sven Bartscher <sven.bartscher@weltraumschlangen.de> wrote:

(This mail is mostly meant for Alexandre)

As there was some confusion about the syntax of machine readable
copyright files. The syntax of these files is explained here [1].

If the explanation there isn't accessible enough, feel free (an please
REALLY DO feel free), to ask and I will try to come up with a more
accessible explanation.

[1]: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
(HAHA! I didn't forget to put the link in the email this time!)

Regards
Sven

​The code here is intended to parse debian/copyright files:

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 https://github.com/ddssff/cabal-debian/blob/master/src/Debian/Debianize/CopyrightDescription.hs

​Actually, this should probably move to https://github.com/ddssff/debian-haskell.