On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:32:31 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> >Files: *
> >Copyright: upstream
> >License-Alias: Perl
> Please just use "License" (or make sure to declare an explicit revision
> of the proposal that still includes -Alias".
Was that dropped? Then we have a problem with lintian (versionless
copyright pointer in pedantic mode, or however that's called), if we
continue to point to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for "same as
Perl" i.e. GPL-1+. Or not, if we have "same terms as Perl" somewhere
explicitly written.
> >...
> >License: Perl
> > Foo-Bar is distributed by the same terms as Perl.
> If licensing text mentions the filename explicitly, then you cannot
> generalize.
Usually IMO Foo-Bar refers to the whole distribution and not only to a
file.
> Or more accurately: You can of course generalize anyway, but then you do
> not include the licensing verbatim, so risk violating (ftpmasters
> interpretation of) Debian Policy.
I haven't seen any REJECTs caused by the very short debian/copyright
files we've been using since August (which don't necessarily contain
the exact wording but the Artistic/GPL default text in the
stand-alone stanzas).
(Recent example: libsys-gamin-perl)
Cheers,
gregor
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