Hello, On Thu 19 Nov 2020 at 05:07PM +01, Marc Haber wrote:
> /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/copyright-format-1.0.txt.gz says > > | The Copyright field collects all relevant copyright notices for the files > | of this paragraph. Not all copyright notices may apply to every > individual > | file, and years of publication for one copyright holder may be gathered > | together. For example, if file A has: > | > | Copyright 2008 John Smith > | Copyright 2009 Angela Watts > | > | and file B has: > | > | Copyright 2010 Angela Watts > | > | a single paragraph may still be used for both files. The Copyright field > | for that paragraph would contain: > | > | Copyright 2008 John Smith > | Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts > > But what if file A says > > | Copyright 2008 John Smith > | Copyright 2005-2015 Angela Watts > > and file B has: > > | Copyright 2010 Angela Watts > > Can this be gathered together to: > > | Copyright 2008 John Smith > | Copyright 2005-2015 Angela Watts > > or does it have to be > > | Copyright 2008 John Smith > | Copyright 2009, 2005-2015 Angela Watts > > ? The former. If you'd like to propose a patch making this clearer we could get it applied. -- Sean Whitton