On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:15:57PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > A closer reading of the DEP-5 wording clears this up for me: > However it makes for easier reading if the copyright > file lists the “main” license first: the one matching > the “top level” of the work, with others listed as > exceptions. To allow this, the following precedence rule > applies for matching files: If multiple Files > declarations match the same file, then only the last > match counts. > So as it stands, no inheritance is possible, and every > Files: line must be accompanied by a Copyright: and a > License: line. IMHO this is preferable for the sake of simplicity - it's easier on the parser (including the various wetware parsers that will be deployed :), and also easier to consistently output. And I think it will be less error-prone in the event that, say, the main upstream copyright holders decide to relicense their work, since the maintainer doesn't have to remember to /add/ a license field for files /not/ being relicensed by their authors. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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