Re: recommendation for packaging license
Thomas Koch <thomas@koch.ro> writes:
> Could you enhance the documentation of the copyright format or the
> policy with a recommendation for the copyright in the debian/* files
> section?
Choosing the license terms for a work is a complex decision.
It's not the place of the documentation to make that recommendation.
It's certainly not the place of Debian policy to do so.
> I couldn't care less about the copyright
That's regrettable; it is an important topic and I'd hope Debian package
maintainers would care.
> 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.
In that particular case, I would recommend you specify the exact same
license terms as the rest of the work.
But that's only because of your particular requirements; this is
certainly not a general recommendation.
> 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.
Among other advantages, the above recommendation means you don't have to
copy the license text; just refer to it by the same name in the
‘License’ field.
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Ben Finney
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