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Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5

From Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.policy
Subject Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5
Date 2026-04-28 10:10 +0200
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New concrete proposal, based on your proposal and 1) turn it into a
list, 2) dropping NIV.  Thoughts on this version?  Attaching diff-style
patch too if this is easier for review.

/Simon

Policy 12.5

OLD:

Packages distributed under the Apache license (version 2.0), the
Artistic license, the Creative Commons CC0-1.0 license, the GNU GPL
(versions 1, 2, or 3), the GNU LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3), the GNU FDL
(versions 1.2 or 1.3), and the Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or
2.0) should refer to the corresponding files under
/usr/share/common-licenses, (footnote 9) rather than quoting them in the
copyright file.

NEW:

Packages distributed under the any of the following licenses should
refer to the corresponding files under /usr/share/common-licenses,
(footnote 9) rather than quoting them in the copyright file.

- Apache License (version 2.0),
- Artistic license (versions 1.0 or 2.0)
- Boost Software License Version 1.0
- Creative Commons CC0-1.0 license
- Creative Commons CC-BY (version 3.0 or 4.0)
- Creative Commons CC-BY-SA (version 3.0 or 4.0)
- GNU Affero General Public License (AGPLv3)
- GNU GPL (versions 1, 2, or 3)
- GNU LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3)
- GNU FDL (versions 1.2 or 1.3)
- Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or 2.0)
- SIL Open Font License (version 1.1)

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Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5 Mechtilde Stehmann <mechtilde@debian.org> - 2026-04-27 17:10 +0200
  Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-04-27 22:50 +0200
    Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5 Mechtilde Stehmann <mechtilde@debian.org> - 2026-04-28 08:40 +0200
  Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-04-27 23:00 +0200
  Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-04-28 10:10 +0200
  Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5 Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2026-04-28 11:30 +0200
  Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2026-04-28 12:20 +0200
    Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Peter Blackman <peter@pblackman.plus.com> - 2026-04-28 14:30 +0200
      Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2026-04-28 14:40 +0200
        Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2026-04-28 15:40 +0200
      Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-04-28 15:30 +0200
        Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2026-04-28 18:40 +0200
          Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2026-04-28 20:20 +0200
        Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-04-29 11:50 +0200
          Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2026-04-29 12:10 +0200
            Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-04-29 12:20 +0200
          Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2026-04-29 19:50 +0200
    Re: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Salvo Tomaselli <tiposchi@tiscali.it> - 2026-04-28 22:20 +0200
      Re: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in  /usr/share/common-licenses? Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> - 2026-04-29 06:40 +0200
  Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5 Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2026-04-28 12:20 +0200
  Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2026-04-28 13:20 +0200
    Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2026-04-28 16:20 +0200
    Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-04-30 14:00 +0200
      Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2026-05-01 16:30 +0200
        Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-05-01 17:10 +0200
          Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses? Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2026-05-02 04:30 +0200

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