Hi Jonas! On 1/16/22 20:06, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2022-01-16 19:53:48) >> Quoting John Paul Adrian Glaubitz (2022-01-16 19:38:25) >>> I have updated debian/copyright of both fs-uae-* packages to use the >>> "License-Reference" keyword, however lintian now complains about the >>> missing license texts so I'm wondering whether this approach - which >>> I like - is actually compliant with the Debian Policy? > [...] >> I firmly believe that it is Policy-compliant to reference files >> included with package base-files and installed below >> /usr/share/common-licenses. All other license texts must be included >> verbatim in the debian/copyright file > > Maybe more interesting than what I personally believe might be, that I > use that writing style generally for the about 600 packages that I am > involved in maintaining, and evidently ftpmasters agree with me.
That's a very positive sign that the FTP team will accept the writing style as well. > For anyone considering to adopt this pattern, it is quite some time ago > that I helped Vasudev package Roboto fonts, and I have simplified and > extended my writing style to use the shorter field "Reference" and also > use it to reference sources of copyright holders and license grants when > not contained in licensed file itself (with a little special twist of > self-referencing canonical statements in debian/copyright). I agree it's a great idea as it saves a lot of time. Writing an acceptable debian/copyright file can be quite frustrating so this is a very welcome improvement. > I use the package ghostscript as my sort-of reference package. Look at > that for my newest inventions on copyright file writing and checking. > > See also https://wiki.debian.org/CopyrightReviewTools Thanks, I'll have a look! Thanks a lot for the quick and detailed response! Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913