On Mon, 2025-04-14 at 08:43 +0200, Sébastien Noel wrote:
> On 13/04/25 20:33, Phil Wyett wrote:
> > On Sun, 2025-04-13 at 19:42 +0200, Sébastien Noel wrote:
> > > > Spaces are allowed.
> > > 
> > > no they are not. Here is what Lintian as to say if I include a snippet
> > > "License: Expat and/or Unlicense" :
> > > 
> > > W: plutovg source: space-in-std-shortname-in-dep5-copyright expat and/or
> > > unlicense
> > 
> > The licensecheck hint:
> > 
> > Files: source/plutovg-stb-image-write.h
> >   source/plutovg-stb-image.h
> >   source/plutovg-stb-truetype.h
> > Copyright: 2017, Sean Barrett
> > License: Expat and/or Unlicense
> >   FIXME
> > 
> > I would suggest you do some research here.
> 
> for the record:
> 
> The "space-in-std-shortname-in-dep5-copyright" tag seems just plain 
> wrong as I didn't find anything to support that claim in 
> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> 
> Both Lintian & licenserecon do not emit error/warning with
> "License: Expat or Unlicense" ; but that is the only form that works.
> "License: Expat and/or Unlicense" will make Lintian unhappy.
> 
> 

I would personally accept 'or' as the files states alternatives, so A or
alternative B.

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