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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 Andrey

Am 17.05.2026 17:12 schrieb Andrey Rakhmatullin:
> Evidently, the tool that is being discussed uses practices that aren't
> used in normal Debian packaging, such as not having Files: * and
> trying to list license/copyright info for individual files, thus not
> being able to use Files: * or Files: debian to cover d/copyright
> implicitly.

When you referring to "spdx2debian" I need to clarify. It is important 
to
distinguish between "practices" and "standards".
There is Debian and there is SPDX/Reuse. My "spdx2debian" is in
between an somehow try to bring them (or some of their good documented
packages) together.

That is why we discuss this here. If a project is 100%-spdx-compliant 
there
is no need for a * stanza. But technically if multiple files in the repo 
share the same
license and the copyright info, and if they are not mixed with other 
files in the same
directory "spdx2debian" will use "somedir/*" for them. It is not that 
unflexible. ;)

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Licensing of licenses Alex <alex@puer-robustus.eu> - 2026-05-16 20:00 +0200
  Re: Licensing of licenses Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2026-05-16 20:10 +0200
  Re: Licensing of licenses Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-05-16 21:50 +0200
  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
            Re: Licensing of licenses Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2026-05-17 11:10 +0200
            Re: Licensing of licenses Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2026-05-17 11:30 +0200
              Re: Licensing of licenses Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2026-05-17 13:30 +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 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
      Re: Licensing of licenses Alex <alex@puer-robustus.eu> - 2026-05-17 12:20 +0200
        Re: Licensing of licenses Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2026-05-17 12:50 +0200
    Re: Licensing of licenses Mechtilde Stehmann <mechtilde@debian.org> - 2026-05-17 13:00 +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 17:00 +0200
          Re: Licensing of licenses c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2026-05-17 17:50 +0200
      Re: Licensing of licenses Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> - 2026-05-17 16:40 +0200
        Re: Licensing of licenses Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2026-05-17 17:20 +0200
          Re: Licensing of licenses c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2026-05-17 17:50 +0200
        Re: Licensing of licenses Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2026-05-17 17:30 +0200
          Re: Licensing of licenses Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> - 2026-05-17 18:50 +0200
            Re: Licensing of licenses Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2026-05-17 19:10 +0200
            Re: Licensing of licenses Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2026-05-17 20:40 +0200

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