Re: [DEP5] Clarification of the minimum required structure
Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:
> - single header paragraph plus a single Files: * paragraph. In this case,
> any License/Copyright fields in the header paragraph are used only to
> document compilation copyright and whole-package license terms (e.g., the
> effective license of a package whose individual files are dual-licensed
> but only one of these licenses is compatible with the rest of the work;
> or when a maintainer is choosing to sublicense or redistribute a package
> under different terms than the obvious ones). This implies that the
> maintainer must make the additional effort of working out what a correct
> copyright notice is that covers "Files: *".
> I have no preference between these two, but I do think it's important to
> pick one so that the semantics are consistent.
> Given the current language and the feedback in this thread, I think
> there is a general preference for the second option. Russ, does this
> meet your needs?
Yup. That option seems fine to me.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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