Hello Chris,
On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 08:18:29PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> > So either the spec needs clarification (which I doubt) or the lintian
> > check should be relaxed.
>
> I ACK that this might be valid spec-wise. I note, however, that this
> has been in Lintian since early 2013:
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/commit/29bd97f6e86f795c97f33747691fcf4a2c6e1060
>
> Does that alter your view on this at all?
I personally like to have the licenses listed first, as the reader
than has a clear view of what he is expecting, before getting the
details. However, I can live with both versions, so if it is too late
to fix lintian than so be it.
Greetings
Helge
P.S. In one of my packages I now switched because having to include an
entire license makes it hard to read otherwise.
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