Since others have replied regarding the content of the DEP-5 file, I'll focus
on DEP-5 parser
On Wednesday 20 July 2011 15:39:09 Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
Also, the DEP5 checker has no clue about public-domain as a short
license either:
$ config-edit -application dpkg-copyright -ui none
Hi Dominique,
To satisfy DEP5 model constraints, you need to spell out the terms of the
licence you want to use. Etheir as a License: public-domain stand-alone
section or as text in the File section (after the License: line in the file
section).
Does that mean that License: PD won't work
On Tuesday 26 July 2011 13:12:53 Jonathan Yu wrote:
Does that mean that License: PD won't work with config-edit?
No.
Here's an example that works (PD license defined in Files section):
++
Files: *
Copyright: 2009, foo bar
License: PD
Lots of explanations
++
This
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Russ Allbery wrote:
License: public-domain
insert here the exact wording from upstream explaining why the work is
in the public domain
You do need some sort of statement about why the work is in the public
domain, since that's a rather unusual status and requires some
Yaroslav Halchenko deb...@onerussian.com writes:
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Russ Allbery wrote:
License: public-domain
insert here the exact wording from upstream explaining why the work is
in the public domain
You do need some sort of statement about why the work is in the public
domain,
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 09:57:15AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
License: public-domain
insert here the exact wording from upstream explaining why the work is
in the public domain
You do need some sort of statement about why the work is in the public
domain, since that's a rather
quick one -- where to place public domain -- into Copyright or
License?
http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
kinda suggests to use short license name public-domain within License:
field. But also it suggests that Copyright is the correct place for
such information (which I agree with, since being
Yaroslav Halchenko deb...@onerussian.com writes:
quick one -- where to place public domain -- into Copyright or
License?
http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
kinda suggests to use short license name public-domain within License:
field. But also it suggests that Copyright is the correct place
* Russ Allbery r...@debian.org, 2011-07-20, 11:06:
http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
kinda suggests to use short license name public-domain within
License: field. But also it suggests that Copyright is the correct
place for such information (which I agree with, since being public
domain is
Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org writes:
* Russ Allbery r...@debian.org, 2011-07-20, 11:06:
I think public domain in the Debian DEP-5 context is a license. While
it's not legally a license, the public domain status serves the same
purpose: telling people what rights they have to use the work. So
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 08:19:46PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
So what to put in the Copyright field? It's a required one.
I'd do something like this:
Copyright: not applicable
License: public-domain
This work was created by the government of the United States of
America without
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