On Sa, 19 Apr 2008, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > Yes, and we should switch the copyright file from our own invented
> > format to the consensus machine-readable format - we create it
> > automatically, anyway.
>
> OK, we seem to agree here.
> And I understand it's a non-trivial task: I hope it can be done, sooner
> or later...
As I wrote, I don't see a obligatory machine-readable format. And as I
wrote, I consider it useless. Machines cannot understand the copyright
anyway.
So for me this is wasted time, better to do some more useful work and
actually *check* licenses (the catalogue needs many more changes).
And, Frank, the copyright is NOT auto generated, there is only *one*
copyright file for all packages. What you meant is the
debian/Licenses
file which we generate automatically from the liclines and th actual
files.
> discussions about the drafting of LPPL v1.3 were held before I began
> following the list. The only one I did quickly read (without actively
> taking part) starts here:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/07/msg00079.html
>
> I should really manage to find the time to take a look at the previous
> discussions... :-(
Uffa, have fun. If someone starts to contest/discuss the LPPL again, I
wil be off.
> > Myself, I just take it for granted that a license which has been
> > drafted together by the LaTeX team and some debian-legal regulars, and
> > been reviewed and finally approved on that list, is DFSG-free. And I
> > have no interest in discussing this; we have indeed more severe
> > licensing problems in texlive; the woeful copyright file is just a
> > symptom of that.
Double plus for Frank, right. Useles spent time. DEK tex was probably
one of the first big programs that are actually DFSG free ;-)
Best wishes
Norbert
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