On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:09:04PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > It would preserve the capacity for structured semantics, but it would > > change the meaning of many files already in the wild. > True. > > On that basis, I would like to avoid making such a change before 1.0 and > > think that "formatted text" is the best option here. > Works for me. > > Would the attached patch do the job? > > + Formatted text, no synopsis: one or more free-form copyright > > + statement(s), one per line. > Well, except this still isn't true. The statements may be split across > multiple lines. > Maybe just say: > Formatted text, no synopsis: one or more free-form copyright > statement(s). Any formatting is permitted; see the examples below for > some ideas for how to structure the field to make it easier to read. > instead? Looks good to me, committed. Thanks, -- 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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