On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:28:51PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> writes:
> > - single header paragraph plus a single Files: * paragraph. In this case, > > any License/Copyright fields in the header paragraph are used only to > > document compilation copyright and whole-package license terms (e.g., the > > effective license of a package whose individual files are dual-licensed > > but only one of these licenses is compatible with the rest of the work; > > or when a maintainer is choosing to sublicense or redistribute a package > > under different terms than the obvious ones). This implies that the > > maintainer must make the additional effort of working out what a correct > > copyright notice is that covers "Files: *". > > I have no preference between these two, but I do think it's important to > > pick one so that the semantics are consistent. > > Given the current language and the feedback in this thread, I think > > there is a general preference for the second option. Russ, does this > > meet your needs? > Yup. That option seems fine to me. Thanks, patch pushed to the DEP repo then. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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