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Bug#695967: [new check] GFDL invariant



control: tags -1 patch

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the patch.
>
> * bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien@gmail.com>, 2012-12-14, 23:56:
>>
>> +          # GFDL state machine
>> +          if($line =~ m/GNU\s+Free\s+Documentation\s+License/) {
>> +              $foundGFDL = 1;
>> +          }
>> +          if($foundGFDL) {
>> +              # match in two part in order to not match italic html
>> license example
>> +              if($line =~ m/with\s+the\s+Invariant\s+Sections\s+being/i)
>> {
>> +                  if($line !~ m/list\s+their\s+titles/i) {
>> +                      tag 'license-problem-gfdl-invariants', $name;
>> +                  }
>> +              }
>> +              if($line =~ m/the\s+Front-Cover\s+Texts\s+being/i) {
>> +                  if($line !~
>> m/the\s+Front-Cover\s+Texts\s+being\s+(?:<var>)?\s+list/) {
>> +                      tag 'license-problem-gfdl-invariants', $name;
>> +                  }
>> +              }
>> +          }
>
>
> There are also Back-Cover Texts, which are as bad as Front-Cover Texts.
>
> AFAICS, the cover text check will trigger for the GFDL license text itself,
> which contains:
>      with the Invariant Sections being @var{list their titles}, with
> or:
>      with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES, with
> or:
>      with the Invariant Sections being <list their titles>, with
> (depending on the file format).
>
> The "with the Invariant Sections being" and "the Front-Cover Texts being"
> phrases could be spread across two lines. Please take this into account.

I have something better here .

Bastien

> --
> Jakub Wilk

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