recommendation for packaging license
Hi,
I try to use the machine readable copyright format. Maybe you'd like to see
whether I got it right (attached).
Could you enhance the documentation of the copyright format or the policy with
a recommendation for the copyright in the debian/* files section? I couldn't
care less about the copyright and tend to use the "Do What The Fuck You Want
To Public License". However I really want to make life as easy as possible for
all humans. It'd also be nice if it could be a license where I don't need to
copy the license text in the copyright file to keep it as short as possible.
So an ideal answer would be just a template section I could copy and paste in
my debian/copyright!
Thank you,
Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro
Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/copyright-format/1.0
Upstream-Name: sbinary
Source: https://github.com/harrah/sbinary
Upstream-Contact:
Mark Harrah <dmharrah@gmail.com>,
David R. MacIver <david.maciver@gmail.com>,
Files: *
Copyright: 2008 David R. MacIver,
2011 Mark Harrah,
License: Expat
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
conditions:
.
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2011 Thomas Koch <thomas@koch.ro>
License:
Reply to: