On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.30+deb8u3 > Severity: normal > > Dear Lintian maintainers, > > thank you for your support of the machine-readable copyright format. > > Regarding the tag dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique, I think that it > is either too strict or too severe. > > The specification does not require the use of stand-alone License paragraphs > when the same license short name is used in multiple Files paragraphs. Hence > it is only an error if two Files paragraphs use the same short name for a > License, but with a different description. > > I think that the dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique tag should either: > > - reduce its severity, as just an advice for readability, or > - only be issued when the same short name is used with a different > description.
Could you pin point the exact verse of the specification ? Thanks > Have a nice day, > > -- > Charles Plessy > Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
