Quoting Marc Haber (2023-08-29 18:31:52) > in daemon(1), I have a file with has two contradicting licenses in the > same file. See > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/daemon/-/blob/master/libslack/getopt.c > > >From the wording of the second copyright notice, I think it is clear > that that notice applies to the POD documentation included in the file > while the actual code is LGPL. Upstream confirms that this is the > intention and agrees that this is somehow suboptimally worded. > > Now, how do I write this in a DEP-5 copyright file? Having two stanzas > for the same file gets flagged by Lintian as an Error, and the DEP-5 > syntax doesn't seem to allow to mention two Licenses in the License: > line.
Yes, DEP-5 supports multiple licenses for one file: Files: getopt.c Copyright: 1987-1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License: GPL-2+ and LGPL-2+ Comment: Embedded POD documentation is licensed LGPL-2+ and other parts are licensed GPL-2+. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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