Re: syntax-error-in-dep5-copyright syntax error in section 4 after the tag license

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Guido van Steen <vansteen@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> Thanks for your help. Your tips on 'space dots' got me on the right
> track.

(Please don't top-post your replies.)

Note that the formatting of those fields is (by design) exactly the same
you already learned for other fields, like the Description field in
‘debian/control’.

> I also had to include the plain text of an identical BSD license
> twice, because it appeared in two different sections of my copyright
> file.

You never need to duplicate license text in a DEP 5 document
<URL:http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/#stand-alone-license-paragraph>.

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