Bug#883950: debian-policy: allow specifying common licenses with only the identifiero
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 12:49:21AM +0100, Markus Koschany wrote:
> I don't think there is a reason to be worried. But I do have an opinion
> and I am expressing it. I believe I am not the only one who feels that
> we need to rethink debian/copyright.
...
> In my opinion the creation of automated tools like cme is evidence that
> our current approach of writing debian/copyright is in parts wrong.
> Instead of doing the obvious and referencing existing license texts we
> duplicate them. We should not need an automated tool to write
> debian/copyright. I believe the proposal in this bug report can be
> implemented quite easily without conflating the automated tools idea.
Plese remember that there is no requirement to use copyright-format-1.0.
If you feel that copyright-format-1.0. is a burden rather than a help,
do not use it.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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