On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 01:24:22PM +0100, Bastian Germann wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > Hi, > > The machine-readable copyright spec says in 6.7. License: "These > arbitrary names are only guaranteed to be unique within a single > copyright file." > > You have several "License: other-BSD" appearances.
thanks - I'd overlooked matchinig the license name in the "License:" lines in my script which checks for consistent license-wording and format of debian/copyright > The aclocal.m4 and install-sh ones should be called X11 and be referencing install-sh does use X11, but aclocal.m4 uses what SPDX terms "X11-distribute-modifications-variant" (not really the same, but close). > one standalone License element. The package/debian/* one should be called > HPND. That last is recognized by https://tools.spdx.org/app/check_license/ as StandardML-NJ rather than HPND - see https://spdx.org/licenses/StandardML-NJ.html https://spdx.org/licenses/HPND.html but in the former case, I prefer the connotations of X11 over NJ. So I'm combining the section for debian/* with aclocal.m4 Regarding "standalone License element", I see https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep5/#stand-alone-license-paragraph but multiple "Files:" items appear equally valid, since I'm the developer for both aclocal.m4 and debian/* I've uploaded an updated version to mentors, differing in the changes and copyright files. -- Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> https://invisible-island.net
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
