On la, 2010-11-13 at 20:12 +0000, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > * Should we suggest people keep the upstream copyright statements > verbatim, including the word "Copyright" or c-in-a-circle or whatever? > Or should we suggest that they can also shorten them to, say, "2010, J. > Random Hacker"? I'm fine with either. Currently the examples use the > shortened form, so there's an implicit suggestion, but should be > explicit about it? Or change the examples? Opinions?
After the discussion, I am applying the attached patch for this.
=== modified file 'dep5.mdwn' --- dep5.mdwn 2010-11-14 11:19:15 +0000 +++ dep5.mdwn 2010-11-20 09:13:46 +0000 @@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ Copyright 2008 John Smith Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts + + The Copyright field may contain the original copyright statement + copied exactly (including the word "Copyright"), or it can + shorten the text, as long as it does not sacrifice information. + Examples in this specification use both forms. * **`License`** * Licensing terms for the files listed in **`Files`** field for this paragraph @@ -543,7 +548,7 @@ Upstream-Name: X Solitaire Source: ftp://ftp.example.com/pub/games - Copyright: 1998, John Doe <j...@example.com> + Copyright: Copyright 1998 John Doe <j...@example.com> License: GPL-2+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public @@ -567,7 +572,7 @@ `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'. Files: debian/* - Copyright: 1998, Jane Smith <jsm...@example.net> + Copyright: Copyright 1998 Jane Smith <jsm...@example.net> License: [LICENSE TEXT]