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

[Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 12:13:25PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> 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.

So, what is the percentage of packages under this license ?
This has always been the criterium used to put it in common-licenses.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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