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Re: Licensing of licenses

From	c.buhtz@posteo.jp
Newsgroups	linux.debian.devel
Subject	Re: Licensing of licenses
Date	2026-05-17 17:50 +0200
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Hello Mechtilde

Am 17.05.2026 16:50 schrieb Mechtilde Stehmann:
> Am 17.05.26 um 15:33 schrieb c.buhtz@posteo.jp:
>> So what? I have to force the DM to add a license info by itself 
>> somehow?
> 
> Who do you have to force. Who do you mean with DM?
> Who forces you to do so?

I think there is a misunderstanding. No one forced me to something. :)

> In my opinion it is a misunderstanding to require an explicit license
> statement for the debian/copyright file.

The important point is that the reuse-standard or the current 
implementation
of their reuse-tool does require it. "spdx2debian" follow this standard
(or implementation) does not want to add workarounds or exceptions to 
the
behavior of "reuse-tool".

Regards

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  Re: Licensing of licenses c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2026-05-17 09:00 +0200
    Re: Licensing of licenses Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2026-05-17 10:00 +0200
      Re: Licensing of licenses c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2026-05-17 10:10 +0200
        Re: Licensing of licenses Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2026-05-17 10:50 +0200
          Re: Licensing of licenses c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2026-05-17 11:00 +0200
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              Re: Licensing of licenses c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2026-05-17 14:10 +0200
                Re: Licensing of licenses Mechtilde Stehmann <mechtilde@debian.org> - 2026-05-17 14:20 +0200
                Re: Licensing of licenses c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2026-05-17 15:40 +0200
                Re: Licensing of licenses Mechtilde Stehmann <mechtilde@debian.org> - 2026-05-17 14:20 +0200
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        Re: Licensing of licenses Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2026-05-17 12:50 +0200
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      Re: Licensing of licenses Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> - 2026-05-17 16:40 +0200
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