On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On ma, 2010-09-13 at 09:06 -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Currently, one only needs to list the copyrights in the package, >> without specifying which file each copyright applies to. How is that >> specified in DEP5 format? Implying that all copyright notices apply to >> all files would be an untruth. (Or are we expanding the requirements >> for copyright files to map copyright notices to files in the source >> package?) > > There is a consensus, as far as I can see, to allow the first (header) > paragraph to have Copyright and License fields that will apply to the > package as a whole, rather than to each file. This is an upcoming change > that is in the pipeline (but I don't want to make all changes at > once).
As far as I know, I don't have a single package for which a copyright field applies 6to all files in the source package (I might have missed one, but I think not). I don't think I have a copyright notice that applies to a package as a whole, but I am not a lawyer. If a source package is an aggregated work, with bits of the package coming from different sources and authors, not all copyright notices apply to the whole package. In such a case, how can I not have, umm, the first paragraph? :-) > >> I would suggest that a missing files: field in the headers >> implies that no statement is being made about which files the copyright >> notice applies to, instead f implying it applies to all files. > On the other hand, this means a paragraph where the Files field is > missing by mistake will be interpreted wrongly. I find putting the > information in the header paragraph to be cleaner, but I admit it is a > subtle point. It's better to be explicit when possible, to allow errors > to be noticed easier. Can we explicitly specify a way of saying that we wish to make no statement mapping a copyright or license field to any file? Say, by saying File: UNSPECIFIED or something? manoj -- Quantity is no substitute for quality, but its the only one we've got. Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@acm.org> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 4096R/C5779A1C E37E 5EC5 2A01 DA25 AD20 05B6 CF48 9438 C577 9A1C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hbhtp5xc....@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com