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Bug#859649: debian-policy: Please add CC0-1.0 to common-licenses



Hello,

On Fri, Dec 08 2017, Jeremy Bicha wrote:

> diff --git a/policy/ch-docs.rst b/policy/ch-docs.rst index
> dc02bc6..1de221f 100644 --- a/policy/ch-docs.rst +++
> b/policy/ch-docs.rst @@ -208,11 +208,12 @@ important because
> ``copyright`` files must be extractable by mechanical
>  means.
>
>  Packages distributed under the Apache license (version 2.0), the
> -Artistic license, the GNU GPL (versions 1, 2, or 3), the GNU LGPL
> -(versions 2, 2.1, or 3), the GNU FDL (versions 1.2 or 1.3), and the
> -Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or 2.0) should refer to the
> -corresponding files under ``/usr/share/common-licenses``, [#]_ rather
> -than quoting them in the copyright file.  +Artistic license, the
> Creative Commons CC0-1.0 license, the GNU GPL +(versions 1, 2, or 3),
> the GNU LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3), the GNU FDL +(versions 1.2 or
> 1.3), and the Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or +2.0) should
> refer to the corresponding files under
> +``/usr/share/common-licenses``, [#]_ rather than quoting them in the
> +copyright file.
>
>  You should not use the copyright file as a general ``README``
>  file. If your package has such a file it should be installed in
> @@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ please see :ref:`s-dpkgchangelog`.
>  .. [#]
>     In particular, ``/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0``,
>     ``/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic``,
> + ``/usr/share/common-licenses/CC0-1.0``,
>     ``/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-1``,
>     ``/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2``,
>     ``/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3``,

Seconded.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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