Debian Perl Policy: Add statement about debian/copyright
Hi,
At the Debian Perl Group meeting it was noted that the Debian Perl Group
is no legal entity and thus should not be listed as copyright holder[1].
It was also proposed to suggest a license for the Debian packaging.
I have prepared an addition to the Perl Group Policy to reflect this,
and to have a template for the common debian/copyright files.
I have attached the new section and the complete patch.
The policy itself also shows the Perl Group as copyright holder at the
moment. This should probably be changes as well.
Regards,
Ansgar
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2008/08/msg00029.html
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=head1 debian/copyright handling
The preferred format for F<debian/copyright> is the proposed machine-readable
format (as described on L<http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat>).
The Debian Perl Group must not be listed as a copyright holder, contributors
claiming copyright should list themselves.
The license for the packaging should not be more restrictive than the upstream
license or the Perl license.
For example, a typical Perl module may have this copyright information:
Format-Specification: http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat?action=recall&rev=228
Upstream-Name: My-Module
Upstream-Maintainer: John Doe <jdoe@example.com>
Upstream-Source: http://search.cpan.org/dist/My-Module
Files: *
Copyright: © 2000-2008, John Doe <jdoe@example.com>
License: GPL-1+ | Artistic
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.
Perl is distributed under your choice of the GNU General Public License or
the Artistic License. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the
GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'
and the Artistic Licence in `/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic'.
Files: debian/*
Copyright: © 2005-2008, Jane Doe <jane@example.org>
License: GPL-1+ | Artistic
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Index: policy.pod
===================================================================
--- policy.pod (revision 26568)
+++ policy.pod (working copy)
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@
=item 3. L<debian/control handling|/"debian/control handling">
-=item 4. L<debian/watch handling|/"debian/watch handling">
+=item 4. L<debian/copyright handling|/"debian/copyright handling">
-=item 5. L<Debian Maintainers practice|/"Debian Maintainers practice">
+=item 5. L<debian/watch handling|/"debian/watch handling">
-=item 6. L<Release Process|/"Release Process">
+=item 6. L<Debian Maintainers practice|/"Debian Maintainers practice">
-=item 7. L<Authors|/"Authors">
+=item 7. L<Release Process|/"Release Process">
-=item 8. L<License|/"License">
+=item 8. L<Authors|/"Authors">
+=item 9. L<License|/"License">
+
=back
=head1 Mandatory mailing lists and such
@@ -135,6 +137,40 @@
suggest you don't use cdbs as part of the build process for packages intended
to be group-maintained.
+=head1 debian/copyright handling
+
+The preferred format for F<debian/copyright> is the proposed machine-readable
+format (as described on L<http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat>).
+The Debian Perl Group must not be listed as a copyright holder, contributors
+claiming copyright should list themselves.
+
+The license for the packaging should not be more restrictive than the upstream
+license or the Perl license.
+
+For example, a typical Perl module may have this copyright information:
+
+ Format-Specification: http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat?action=recall&rev=228
+ Upstream-Name: My-Module
+ Upstream-Maintainer: John Doe <jdoe@example.com>
+ Upstream-Source: http://search.cpan.org/dist/My-Module
+
+ Files: *
+ Copyright: © 2000-2008, John Doe <jdoe@example.com>
+ License: GPL-1+ | Artistic
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+ .
+ Perl is distributed under your choice of the GNU General Public License or
+ the Artistic License. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the
+ GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'
+ and the Artistic Licence in `/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic'.
+
+ Files: debian/*
+ Copyright: © 2005-2008, Jane Doe <jane@example.org>
+ License: GPL-1+ | Artistic
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
=head1 debian/watch handling
Each package should have a watch file (F<debian/watch>) to make manual and
@@ -183,6 +219,8 @@
=item * Gregor Herrmann
+=item * Ansgar Burchardt
+
=back
=head1 LICENSE
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