Bug#906284: lintian: check for incomplete-creative-commons-license gives false positives: the "not a law firm" is a preamble, not a license

To: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Cc: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>, 906284@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#906284: lintian: check for incomplete-creative-commons-license gives false positives: the "not a law firm" is a preamble, not a license
From: Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:09:49 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20180828130949.GB23578@chew.redmars.org>
Reply-to: Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>, 906284@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 1535019800.925354.1483595488.5D5CFC08@webmail.messagingengine.com>
References: <[🔎] 153443301799.12264.1570082339561907695.reportbug@erdos.d-and-j.net> <[🔎] 1534433528.2678519.1476358720.76ADF812@webmail.messagingengine.com> <[🔎] 20180819123028.GA18506@d-and-j.net> <[🔎] 1535019800.925354.1483595488.5D5CFC08@webmail.messagingengine.com> <[🔎] 153443301799.12264.1570082339561907695.reportbug@erdos.d-and-j.net>

Interestingly, 307 is roughly half of all CC-license using packages,
based on the numbers I counted in #795402

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- Bug#906284: lintian: check for incomplete-creative-commons-license gives false positives: the "not a law firm" is a preamble, not a license
  - From: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
- Bug#906284: lintian: check for incomplete-creative-commons-license gives false positives: the "not a law firm" is a preamble, not a license
  - From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
- Bug#906284: lintian: check for incomplete-creative-commons-license gives false positives: the "not a law firm" is a preamble, not a license
  - From: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
- Bug#906284: lintian: check for incomplete-creative-commons-license gives false positives: the "not a law firm" is a preamble, not a license
  - From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>

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