Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

> I now have:
>
>     <para>
>       Even where licenses are DFSG-free and mutually compatible, users may
>       wish for a way to identify software under certain licenses (if, for
>       example, they have special reasons to avoid certain licenses).
>     </para>

Yes, that's good.

> That got me pointed in the right direction.  How about this?
>
>       <para>
>         The <varname>Copyright</varname> and <varname>License</varname>
>         fields in the <emphasis>header paragraph</emphasis> may complement
>         but do not replace the <emphasis>Files paragraphs</emphasis>.  If
>         present, they summarise the copyright notices or redistribution
>         terms for the package as a whole.  For example, when a work
>         combines a permissive and a copyleft license,
>         <varname>License</varname> can be used to clarify the license
>         terms for the combination.  <varname>Copyright</varname> and
>         <varname>License</varname> together can also be used to document a
>         <emphasis>compilation copyright</emphasis> and license.  It is
>         possible to use only <varname>License</varname> in the header
>         paragraph, but <varname>Copyright</varname> alone makes no sense.
>       </para>

Makes much more sense to me than previous versions.

Thanks for the work.

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