Re: Copyright format (DEP-5) License notice

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:45:02AM -0800, Russ Allbery a écrit :
> 
> I think that the lack of a copyright statement is a feature, not a bug.
> The only purpose that a copyright notice serves under Berne is to
> establish additional statutory damages in some countries like the US (by
> meeting the legal requirements for knowing infringement), but for this
> (and given that license) we don't really care.  And I have no desire to
> examine all the history of DEP-5 development to try to come up with an
> accurate and complete copyright notice.  As we've found with Debian
> Policy, they're not really maintainable for these sorts of documents where
> wording suggestions come from innumerable different people.
> 
> I would therefore like to just apply the following patch:
> 
> --- a/copyright-format/copyright-format-1.0.xml
> +++ b/copyright-format/copyright-format-1.0.xml
> @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
>      <legalnotice>
>        <para>
>          Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
> -        are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
> -        notice and this notice are preserved.
> +        are permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is
> +        preserved.
>        </para>
>      </legalnotice>
>      <abstract>

Hi Russ,

I totally agree with your analysis and second that change.

Cheers,

-- 
Charles