New concrete proposal, based on your proposal and 1) turn it into a list, 2) dropping NIV. Thoughts on this version? Attaching diff-style patch too if this is easier for review.
/Simon Policy 12.5 OLD: Packages distributed under the Apache license (version 2.0), the Artistic license, the Creative Commons CC0-1.0 license, the GNU GPL (versions 1, 2, or 3), the GNU LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3), the GNU FDL (versions 1.2 or 1.3), and the Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or 2.0) should refer to the corresponding files under /usr/share/common-licenses, (footnote 9) rather than quoting them in the copyright file. NEW: Packages distributed under the any of the following licenses should refer to the corresponding files under /usr/share/common-licenses, (footnote 9) rather than quoting them in the copyright file. - Apache License (version 2.0), - Artistic license (versions 1.0 or 2.0) - Boost Software License Version 1.0 - Creative Commons CC0-1.0 license - Creative Commons CC-BY (version 3.0 or 4.0) - Creative Commons CC-BY-SA (version 3.0 or 4.0) - GNU Affero General Public License (AGPLv3) - GNU GPL (versions 1, 2, or 3) - GNU LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3) - GNU FDL (versions 1.2 or 1.3) - Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or 2.0) - SIL Open Font License (version 1.1)
diff --git a/policy/ch-docs.rst b/policy/ch-docs.rst index bf3cd34..093fa7c 100644 --- a/policy/ch-docs.rst +++ b/policy/ch-docs.rst @@ -220,13 +220,33 @@ the same source and the first package Depends on the second. Otherwise, important because ``copyright`` files must be extractable by mechanical means. -Packages distributed under the Apache license (version 2.0), the -Artistic license, the Creative Commons CC0-1.0 license, the GNU GPL -(versions 1, 2, or 3), the GNU LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3), the GNU FDL -(versions 1.2 or 1.3), and the Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or -2.0) should refer to the corresponding files under -``/usr/share/common-licenses``, [#]_ rather than quoting them in the -copyright file. +Packages distributed under the any of the following licenses should +refer to the corresponding files under ``/usr/share/common-licenses``, +[#]_ rather than quoting them in the the copyright file. + +- Apache License (version 2.0) + +- Artistic license (versions 1.0 or 2.0) + +- Boost Software License Version 1.0 + +- Creative Commons CC0-1.0 license + +- Creative Commons CC-BY (version 3.0 or 4.0) + +- Creative Commons CC-BY-SA (version 3.0 or 4.0) + +- GNU Affero General Public License (AGPLv3) + +- GNU GPL (versions 1, 2, or 3) + +- GNU LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3) + +- GNU FDL (versions 1.2 or 1.3) + +- Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or 2.0) + +- SIL Open Font License (version 1.1) You should not use the copyright file as a general ``README`` file. If your package has such a file it should be installed in
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