Bug#633797: copyright-format: "with <keywords> exception" underspecified

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

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Le Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:21:58PM +0200, Jakub Wilk a écrit :
> 
> copyright-format reads:
> 
> | Exceptions and clarifications are signaled in plain text, by appending
> | "with <keywords> exception" to the short name.
> 
> However, it is not specified how different keywords are separated.
> For example, should one write:
> "License: GPL-2+ with OpenSSL and Font exception" or
> "License: GPL-2+ with OpenSSL, Font exception" or maybe
> "License: GPL-2+ with OpenSSL Font exception"?

Dear Jakub,

I think that this is a good point, but I am unsure if we have the capacity to
fix it before releasing version 1.0 of the format.  I definitely would not
object.

I looked at how my favorite parser, config-edit, is doing with exceptions, and
if I add a ‘OpenSSL and Font’ or an ‘OpenSSL, Font’ exception, it stops with
error at loading…

If other people would like this point addressed before DEP 5 is finalised, it
is time to participate.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan