Re: Format of the copyright file
Julian Gilbey <jdg@polya.uklinux.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 05:31:11PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm struggling with the policy requirement that the copyright and
>> licensing information must be in one file debian/copyright, including
>> the complete license text except for the common licenses.
>
> Note that debian/copyright is made available through means other than
> the package itself, eg the Package Tracking System.
That's a good point.
> The file could probably be useful if it was:
>
> - clearly divided up by visual separators
> - the individual sections numbered sequentially
> - a table of contents at the start
We already have some of this, the visual separators could be more
visible...
> Incidentally, is the Artistic License the same as the one in
> /usr/share/common-licenses?
No, it's a different version.
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)
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