On ti, 2010-12-21 at 14:04 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:26:22AM +0000, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > >On ti, 2010-12-21 at 00:37 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > >> The License shortname list includes an "other" name describes as > >> being "any other custom license". Nowhere is it explicitly described > >> that other-FOO or FOO is allowed in addition to the officially listed > >> shortnames. I suggest to replace that final "other" shortname in the > >> list with a short text decribing explicitly that a) any custom names > >> is permitted, b) it is encouraged to use a custom name that might be > >> suitable for later adoption in the official list, and c) it is > >> encouraged to use a leading "other-" for exotic licenses unsuitable > >> for adoption in the list. > > > >The License field description includes this (after the above > >modification; the wording at the beginning was slightly different > >earlier): > > > > If there are licenses present in the package without a standard > > short name, an arbitrary short name may be assigned for these > > licenses. These arbitrary names are only guaranteed to be > > unique within a single copyright file. > > > >Should be clear enough. > > It solves a) but not b) or c).
I don't think it is appropriate for us to make DEP5 users make value judgements on what licenses are or are not suitable for inclusion into the official list of shortnames. > I don't have an opinion on whether MIT license is ambiguous or not, but > notice that it is still (in Bazaar repo as of today) not listed in the > "Short name" section, but _is_ listed in the "Problematic Licenses" > section. > > So your proposal to "add link to DEP5" is, I believe, tied to removing > it from "Problematic Licenses", and this we should discuss. No, I don't suggest that at all. I suggest keeping it where it is and adding a link to it. I don't care what happens to it, so nothing else will happen unless and until someone proposes concrete changes. -- Blog/wiki/website hosting with ikiwiki (free for free software): http://www.branchable.com/ -- 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/1292950496.23963.18.ca...@havelock.lan