Hello Markus, On Tue, Dec 12 2017, Markus Koschany wrote: > I agree that using boiler plate like this: > > | License: GPL-2+ > | On Debian systems the full text of the GPL-2 can be found in > | /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 > > is still redundant. > > I suggest to change Debian Policy 12.5 and copyright format 1.0 in such > a way that the following syntax is allowed: > > License: [GPL-2+] This would mean that we are not explicitly stating in our d/copyright file the difference between GPL-2 and GPL-2+. To learn of the difference, a user would need to view the full spec of the copyright format. This seems like a regression, as the current format is easily easy to understand without reference to the spec. It also means that the package's copyright information is self-contained and not dependent on some external document. This is a feature we should preserve (and might be legally required to preserve). -- Sean Whitton
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