I've committed the below patch to the dep repo on svn.debian.org.
=== modified file 'web/deps/dep5.mdwn'
--- old/web/deps/dep5.mdwn 2011-11-11 15:27:02 +0000
+++ new/web/deps/dep5.mdwn 2011-11-25 20:15:33 +0000
@@ -1036,12 +1036,27 @@
target="_top">many versions of the MIT license</a>. Please
use Expat instead, when it matches.</p>
- <p>Exceptions and clarifications are signaled in plain
- text, by appending <tt class="literal">with <code class=
- "varname"><tt class=
- "replaceable"><i>keywords</i></tt></code> exception</tt> to
+ <p>An exception or clarification to a license is signaled
+ in plain text, by appending <tt class="literal">with <code
+ class="varname"><tt class=
+ "replaceable"><i>keyword</i></tt></code> exception</tt> to
the short name. This document provides a list of keywords
- that refer to the most frequent exceptions.</p>
+ that must be used when referring to the most frequent
+ exceptions. When exceptions other than these are in effect
+ that modify a common license by granting additional
+ permissions, you may use an arbitrary keyword not taken
+ from the below list of keywords. When a license differs
+ from a common license because of added restrictions rather
+ than because of added permissions, a distinct short name
+ should be used instead of <tt class="literal">with <code
+ class="varname"><tt class=
+ "replaceable"><i>keyword</i></tt></code> exception</tt>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Only one exception may be specified for each license
+ within a given license specification. If more than one
+ exception applies to a single license, an arbitrary short
+ name must be used instead.</p>
<p>The GPL <tt class="literal">Font</tt> exception refers
to the text added to the license notice of each file as
--
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Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
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