Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses?

From	Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.devel, linux.debian.policy
Subject	Bug#885698: Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses?
Date	2026-04-30 14:00 +0200
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 01:43:09PM +0200, Mechtilde Stehmann wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Am 30.04.26 um 11:35 schrieb Sean Whitton:
> > Chris Hofstaedtler [28/Apr  1:11pm +02] wrote:
> > > I haven't done a full calculation but it seems we could save 1MB in
> > > such an install just by deduplicating the copyright files. Someone
> > > else may be interested in running the same analysis on different
> > > install scenarios, say Live ISOs, Desktop installs, etc.
> > > 
> > > With my src:util-linux maintainer hat on, I'd welcome tooling and a
> > > corresponding policy change towards copyright file deduplication.
> > 
> > Thank you for the feedback.  Seems to me we can prioritise developer
> > time by adding more licenses to common-licenses, then, with the possible
> > exception of the AGPL.
> 
> This exception of the AGPL means we will only add 120 KB instead of 150 KB
> to /usr/share/common-licenses ?

In case my opinion counts:

I think AGPL is common enough and will still save developer time if
added to common-licenses, even if it's not present in the absolutely
minimum Debian system shown by Chris.

Thanks.

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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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