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Re: Debian Perl Policy: Add statement about debian/copyright



On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:17:52 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> > The license for the packaging should not be more restrictive than the upstream
> > license or the Perl license.
> Hmm. What if upstream license is GPL-2-only? Can we use a more relaxed 
> license for the packaging? I think not.
> Why not drop " or the Perl license" from the above?

Hm this looks like a "translation" of the idea from the DebConf8
meeting:

~~~
* "The superset of the module license and the Perl license" seems
  like a good default licensing for debian/*.
~~~

Maybe someone with a better command of en_LEGAL could propose a
wording that's both clear and correct?

Cheers,
gregor 
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