<title>
Machine-readable <filename>debian/copyright</filename> file.
</title>
- <subtitle>Version 1.0</subtitle>
<legalnotice>
<para>
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
</legalnotice>
<abstract>
<para>
- This specification was drafted as <ulink
- url="http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/">DEP-5</ulink>, to establish a
- standard, machine-readable format for
- <filename>debian/copyright</filename> files within packages and
- facilitate automated checking and reporting of licenses for packages and
- sets of packages. The DEP drivers were Steve Langasek
- <email>vorlon@debian.org</email> and Lars Wirzenius
- <email>liw@liw.fi</email>.
+ Establish a standard, machine-readable format for
+ <filename>debian/copyright</filename> files within packages and to
+ facilitate automated checking and reporting of licenses for packages
+ and sets of packages.
</para>
</abstract>
</articleinfo>
-
+
<section id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
<filename>debian/copyright</filename>.
</para>
</section>
-
+
<section id="rationale">
<title>Rationale</title>
<para>
Lars Wirzenius.
</para>
</section>
-
+
<section id="file-syntax">
<title>File syntax</title>
<para>
avoid conflicting specifications for widely used extra fields.
</para>
<para>
- There are four kinds values for fields. Each field specifies which kind
- is allowed.
+ The file consists of two or more paragraphs. At minimum, the file
+ must include one <link linkend="header-paragraph">header
+ paragraph</link> and one <link linkend="files-paragraph">Files
+ paragraph</link>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The value of each field is of one of the four types listed below. The
+ definition for each field in this document indicates which type of
+ value it takes.
</para>
-
+
<section id="single-line">
<title>Single-line values</title>
<para>
- A single-line value means that the whole value of a field must fit on a
- single line. For example, the <varname>Format</varname> field has a
- single line value specifying the version of the machine-readable format
- that is used.
+ A single-line value means that the whole value of a field must fit
+ on a single line. For example, the <varname>Format</varname> field
+ has a single-line value specifying the version of the
+ machine-readable format that is used.
</para>
</section>
-
+
<section id="white-space-lists">
- <title>White space separated lists</title>
+ <title>Whitespace-separated lists</title>
<para>
- A white space separated list means that the field value may be on one
- line or many, but values in the list are separated by one or more white
- space characters (including space, TAB, and newline). For example, the
- <varname>Files</varname>field has a list of filename patterns.
+ A whitespace-separated list means that the field value may be on one
+ line or many, but values in the list are separated by one or more
+ whitespace characters (including space, TAB, and newline). For
+ example, the <varname>Files</varname> field has a list of filename
+ patterns.
</para>
</section>
-
+
<section id="line-based-lists">
- <title>Line based lists</title>
+ <title>Line-based lists</title>
<para>
Another kind of list value has one value per line. For example,
<varname>Copyright</varname> can list many copyright statements, one per
line.
</para>
</section>
-
+
<section id="formatted-text">
<title>Text formatted like package long descriptions</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
</section>
-
+
<section id="paragraphs">
<title>Paragraphs</title>
<para>
- There are three kinds of paragraphs: the first one is called the
- <link linkend="header-paragraph">header paragraph</link>. Every other
- paragraph is either a <link linkend="files-paragraph">Files</link>
- paragraph or a <link linkend="stand-alone-license-paragraph">stand-alone
- license</link> paragraph. This is similar to source and binary package
+ There are three kinds of paragraphs. The first paragraph in the file
+ is called the <link linkend="header-paragraph">header paragraph</link>.
+ Every other paragraph is either a <link
+ linkend="files-paragraph">Files paragraph</link> or a <link
+ linkend="stand-alone-license-paragraph">stand-alone License
+ paragraph</link>. This is similar to source and binary package
paragraphs in <filename>debian/control</filename> files.
</para>
-
+
<section id="header-paragraph">
<title>Header paragraph (Once)</title>
- <section id="format-header-field">
- <title><varname>Format</varname></title>
- <para>
- Required single line: URI of the format specification, such as:
- <literal>http://www.debian.org/doc/copyright-format/1.0</literal>
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="upstream-name-header-field">
- <title><varname>Upstream-Name</varname></title>
- <para>
- Optional single line: the name upstream uses for the software
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="upstream-contact-header-field">
- <title><varname>Upstream-Contact</varname></title>
- <para>
- Optional line based list: the preferred address(es) to reach the
- upstream project. May be free-form text, but by convention will
- usually be written as a list of RFC5322 addresses or URIs.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="source-header-field">
- <title><varname>Source</varname></title>
- <para>
- Optional formatted text, no synopsis: an explanation from where the
- upstream source came from. Typically this would be a URL, but it might
- be a free-form explanation. The Debian Policy section <ulink
- url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs#s-copyrightfile">12.5</ulink>
- requires this information unless there are no upstream sources, which
- is mainly the case for native Debian packages. If the upstream source
- has been modified to remove non-free parts, that should be explained
- in this field.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="disclaimer-header-field">
- <title><varname>Disclaimer</varname></title>
- <para>
- Optional formatted text, no synopsis: this field can be used in the
- case of non-free and contrib packages (see <ulink
- url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs#s-copyrightfile">12.5</ulink>)
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="comment-header-field">
- <title><varname>Comment</varname></title>
- <para>
- Optional formatted text, no synopsis: this field can provide
- additional information. For example, it might quote an e-mail from
- upstream justifying why the license is acceptable to the main archive,
- or an explanation of how this version of the package has been forked
- from a version known to be DFSG-free, even though the current upstream
- version is not.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="license-header-field">
- <title><varname>License</varname></title>
- <para>
- Optional formatted text, with synopsis: in the header paragraph
- (no <varname>Files</varname> specification), this field gives the
- license information for the package as a whole, which may be different
- or simplified from a combination of all the per-file license
- information. <varname>License</varname> below in the <link
- linkend="files-paragraph">Files paragraph</link> section.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="copyright-header-field">
- <title><varname>Copyright</varname></title>
- <para>
- Optional line based list: in the header paragraph (no
- <varname>Files</varname> specification), this field gives the
- copyright information for the package as a whole, which may be
- different or simplified from a combination of all the per-file
- copyright information. See also <varname>Copyright</varname> below
- in the <link linkend="files-paragraph">Files paragraph</link>
- section.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <varname>Copyright</varname> and <varname>License</varname> fields
- in the <emphasis>header paragraph</emphasis> may complement but do not
- replace the <emphasis>files paragraphs</emphasis>. They can be used
- to summarise the contributions and redistribution terms for the whole
- package, for instance when a work combines a permissive and a copyleft
- license, or to document a <emphasis>compilation copyright</emphasis>
- and license. It is possible to use only <varname>License</varname> in
- the header paragraph, but <varname>Copyright</varname>alone makes no
- sense.
- </para>
- </section>
-
+ <para>
+ The following fields may be present in a header paragraph.
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="format-field">Format</link>: required.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="upstream-name-field">Upstream-Name</link>:
+ optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link
+ linkend="upstream-contact-field">Upstream-Contact</link>:
+ optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="source-field">Source</link>: optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="disclaimer-field">Disclaimer</link>:
+ optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="comment-field">Comment</link>: optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="license-field">License</link>: optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="copyright-field">Copyright</link>: optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ The <varname>Copyright</varname> and <varname>License</varname>
+ fields in the <emphasis>header paragraph</emphasis> may complement
+ but do not replace the <emphasis>Files paragraphs</emphasis>. They
+ can be used to summarise the contributions and redistribution terms
+ for the whole package, for instance when a work combines a
+ permissive and a copyleft license, or to document a
+ <emphasis>compilation copyright</emphasis> and license. It is
+ possible to use only <varname>License</varname> in the header
+ paragraph, but <varname>Copyright</varname> alone makes no sense.
+ </para>
+
<section id="example-header-paragraph">
<title>Example header paragraph</title>
-<programlisting>Format: <VERSIONED_FORMAT_URL>
+<programlisting>Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: SOFTware
Upstream-Contact: John Doe <john.doe@example.com>
Source: http://www.example.com/software/project</programlisting>
</section>
</section>
-
- <section id="files-paragraph">
+
+ <section id="files-paragraph">
<title>Files paragraph (Repeatable)</title>
<para>
The declaration of copyright and license for files is done in one or
which applies to all files and lists all applicable copyrights and
licenses.
</para>
-
- <section id="files-files-field">
- <title><varname>Files</varname></title>
- <para>
- Required white space separated list: list of patterns indicating files
- covered by the license and copyright specified in this paragraph.
- </para>
- <para>
- Filename patterns in the <varname>Files</varname> field are specified
- using a simplified shell glob syntax. Patterns are separated by white
- space.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Only the wildcards <literal>*</literal> and <literal>?</literal>
- apply; the former matches any number of characters (including
- none), the latter a single character. Both match a slash
- (<literal>/</literal>) and a leading dot.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Patterns match pathnames that start at the root of the source
- tree. Thus, <quote><filename>Makefile.in</filename></quote>
- matches only the file at the root of the tree, but
- <quote><filename>*/Makefile.in</filename></quote> matches at any
- depth.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The backslash (<literal>\</literal>) is used to remove the magic
- from the next character; see table below.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <informaltable>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Escape sequence</entry>
- <entry>Matches</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry><literal>\*</literal></entry>
- <entry>star (asterisk)</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><literal>\?</literal></entry>
- <entry>question mark</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><literal>\\</literal></entry>
- <entry>backslash</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
- Any other character following a backslash is an error.
- </para>
<para>
- Multiple <varname>Files</varname> paragraphs are allowed. The last
- paragraph that matches a particular file applies to it.
- </para>
- <para>
- Exclusions are done by having multiple <varname>Files</varname>
- paragraphs.
+ The following fields may be present in a Files paragraph.
</para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="copyright-files-field">
- <title><varname>Copyright</varname></title>
- <para>
- Required line based list: one or more free-form copyright
- statement(s), one per line, that apply to the files matched by the
- above pattern. If a work has no copyright holder (i.e., it is in
- the public domain), that information should be recorded here.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <varname>Copyright</varname> field collects all relevant copyright
- notices for the files of this paragraph. Not all copyright notices
- may apply to every individual file, and years of publication for one
- copyright holder may be gathered together. For example, if file A
- has:
-<programlisting>Copyright 2008 John Smith
-Copyright 2009 Angela Watts</programlisting>
- and file B has:
-<programlisting>Copyright 2010 Angela Watts</programlisting>
- the <varname>Copyright</varname> field for a stanza
- covering both file A and file B need contain only:
-<programlisting>Copyright 2008 John Smith
-Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts</programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- The <varname>Copyright</varname> field may contain the original
- copyright statement copied exactly (including the word
- <quote>Copyright</quote>), or it can shorten the text, as long
- as it does not sacrifice information. Examples in this specification
- use both forms.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section id="license-files-field">
- <title><varname>License</varname></title>
- <para>
- Required formatted text, with synopsis: licensing terms for the files
- listed in <varname>Files</varname> field for this paragraph.
- </para>
- <para>
- First line: an abbreviated name for the license, or expression
- giving alternatives (see <link linkend="license-short-name">Short
- names</link> section for a list of standard abbreviations). If there
- are licenses present in the package without a standard short name, an
- arbitrary short name may be assigned for these licenses. These
- arbitrary names are only guaranteed to be unique within a single
- copyright file.
- </para>
- <para>
- Remaining lines: if left blank here, the file
- <emphasis>must</emphasis> include a stand-alone
- <varname>License</varname> paragraph matching each license short
- name listed on the first line (see the <link
- linkend="stand-alone-license-paragraph">Standalone License
- Paragraph</link> section). Otherwise, this field should either
- include the full text of the license(s) or include a pointer to the
- license file under <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses</filename>.
- This field should include all text needed in order to fulfill both
- Debian Policy's requirement for including a copy of the software's
- distribution license (<ulink
- url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs#s-copyrightfile">12.5</ulink>),
- and any license requirements to include warranty disclaimers or other
- notices with the binary package.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="comment-files-field">
- <title><varname>Comment</varname></title>
- <para>
- Same as the <link linkend="comment-header-field">
- <varname>Comment</varname></link> field in the header paragraph.
- </para>
- </section>
-
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="files-field">Files</link>: required.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="license-field">Copyright</link>: required.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="license-field">License</link>: required.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="comment-field">Comment</link>: optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
<section id="example-files-paragraph">
<title>Example files paragraphs</title>
<programlisting>Files: *
</para>
</section>
</section>
-
+
<section id="stand-alone-license-paragraph">
- <title>Standalone License Paragraph (Optional, Repeatable)</title>
+ <title>Stand-alone License Paragraph (Optional, Repeatable)</title>
<para>
Where a set of files are dual (tri, etc) licensed, or when the same
- license occurs multiple times, you can use a single line
- <varname>License</varname> field and standalone
+ license occurs multiple times, you can use a single-line
+ <varname>License</varname> field and stand-alone
<varname>License</varname> paragraphs to expand the license short names.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The following fields may be present in a stand-alone License
+ paragraph.
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="license-field">License</link>: required.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="comment-field">Comment</link>: optional.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
<example>
<title>tri-licensed files</title>
<programlisting>Files: src/js/editline/*
[LICENSE TEXT]
License: LGPL-2.1
- LICENSE TEXT]</programlisting>
+ [LICENSE TEXT]</programlisting>
</example>
-
+
<example>
<title>recurrent license</title>
<programlisting>Files: src/js/editline/*
</section>
</section>
+ <section id="fields">
+ <title>Fields</title>
+ <para>
+ The following fields are defined for use in
+ <filename>debian/copyright</filename>.
+ </para>
+
+ <section id="format-field">
+ <title><varname>Format</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Single-line: URI of the format specification, such as:
+ <literal>http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="upstream-name-field">
+ <title><varname>Upstream-Name</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Single-line: the name upstream uses for the software
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="upstream-contact-field">
+ <title><varname>Upstream-Contact</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Line-based list: the preferred address(es) to reach the upstream
+ project. May be free-form text, but by convention will usually be
+ written as a list of RFC5322 addresses or URIs.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="source-field">
+ <title><varname>Source</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Formatted text, no synopsis: an explanation from where the upstream
+ source came from. Typically this would be a URL, but it might be a
+ free-form explanation. The Debian Policy section <ulink
+ url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs#s-copyrightfile">12.5</ulink>
+ requires this information unless there are no upstream sources,
+ which is mainly the case for native Debian packages. If the
+ upstream source has been modified to remove non-free parts, that
+ should be explained in this field.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="disclaimer-field">
+ <title><varname>Disclaimer</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Formatted text, no synopsis: this field can be used in the case of
+ non-free and contrib packages (see <ulink
+ url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs#s-copyrightfile">12.5</ulink>).
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="comment-field">
+ <title><varname>Comment</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Formatted text, no synopsis: this field can provide additional
+ information. For example, it might quote an e-mail from upstream
+ justifying why the license is acceptable to the main archive, or an
+ explanation of how this version of the package has been forked from
+ a version known to be DFSG-free, even though the current upstream
+ version is not.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="license-field">
+ <title><varname>License</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Formatted text, with synopsis. In the header paragraph, this field
+ gives the license information for the package as a whole, which may
+ be different or simplified from a combination of all the per-file
+ license information. In a Files paragraph, this field gives the
+ licensing terms for the files listed in the <varname>Files</varname>
+ field for this paragraph. In a stand-alone License paragraph, it
+ gives the licensing terms for those paragraphs which reference it.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ First line: an abbreviated name for the license, or expression
+ giving alternatives (see <link linkend="license-short-name">Short
+ names</link> section for a list of standard abbreviations). If
+ there are licenses present in the package without a standard short
+ name, an arbitrary short name may be assigned for these licenses.
+ These arbitrary names are only guaranteed to be unique within a
+ single copyright file.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Remaining lines: if left blank here, the file
+ <emphasis>must</emphasis> include a <link
+ linkend="stand-alone-license-paragraph">stand-alone License
+ paragraph</link> matching each license short
+ name listed on the first line.
+ Otherwise, this field should either
+ include the full text of the license(s) or include a pointer to the
+ license file under <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses</filename>.
+ This field should include all text needed in order to fulfill both
+ Debian Policy's requirement for including a copy of the software's
+ distribution license (<ulink
+ url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs#s-copyrightfile">12.5</ulink>),
+ and any license requirements to include warranty disclaimers or
+ other notices with the binary package.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="copyright-field">
+ <title><varname>Copyright</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Formatted text, no synopsis: one or more free-form copyright
+ statement(s). Any formatting is permitted; see the examples below
+ for some ideas for how to structure the field to make it easier to
+ read. In the header paragraph, this field gives the copyright
+ information for the package as a whole, which may be different or
+ simplified from a combination of all the per-file copyright
+ information. In the Files paragraphs, it gives the copyright
+ information that applies to the files matched by the
+ <varname>Files</varname> pattern. If a work has no copyright holder
+ (i.e., it is in the public domain), that information should be
+ recorded here.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <varname>Copyright</varname> field collects all relevant
+ copyright notices for the files of this paragraph. Not all
+ copyright notices may apply to every individual file, and years of
+ publication for one copyright holder may be gathered together. For
+ example, if file A has:
+<programlisting>Copyright 2008 John Smith
+Copyright 2009 Angela Watts</programlisting>
+ and file B has:
+<programlisting>Copyright 2010 Angela Watts</programlisting>
+ the <varname>Copyright</varname> field for a stanza covering both
+ file A and file B need contain only:
+<programlisting>Copyright 2008 John Smith
+Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <varname>Copyright</varname> field may contain the original
+ copyright statement copied exactly (including the word
+ <quote>Copyright</quote>), or it can shorten the text, as long as it
+ does not sacrifice information. Examples in this specification use
+ both forms.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="files-field">
+ <title><varname>Files</varname></title>
+ <para>
+ Whitespace-separated list: list of patterns indicating files covered
+ by the license and copyright specified in this paragraph.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Filename patterns in the <varname>Files</varname> field are
+ specified using a simplified shell glob syntax. Patterns are
+ separated by whitespace.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Only the wildcards <literal>*</literal> and <literal>?</literal>
+ apply; the former matches any number of characters (including
+ none), the latter a single character. Both match a slash
+ (<literal>/</literal>) and a leading dot.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Patterns match pathnames that start at the root of the source
+ tree. Thus, <quote><filename>Makefile.in</filename></quote>
+ matches only the file at the root of the tree, but
+ <quote><filename>*/Makefile.in</filename></quote> matches at
+ any depth.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The backslash (<literal>\</literal>) is used to remove the
+ magic from the next character; see table below.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <informaltable>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Escape sequence</entry>
+ <entry>Matches</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>\*</literal></entry>
+ <entry>star (asterisk)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>\?</literal></entry>
+ <entry>question mark</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>\\</literal></entry>
+ <entry>backslash</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ Any other character following a backslash is an error.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Multiple <varname>Files</varname> paragraphs are allowed. The last
+ paragraph that matches a particular file applies to it.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Exclusions are done by having multiple <varname>Files</varname>
+ paragraphs.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ </section>
<section id="license-specification">
<title>License specification</title>
-
+
<section id="license-short-name">
<title>Short name</title>
<para>
<varname>License</varname> field.
</para>
<para>
- These short names have the specified meanings across all uses of this
+ These short names have the specified meanings across all uses of this
file format, and <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be used to refer to any
other licenses. Parsers may thus rely on these short names referring to
the same licenses wherever they occur, without needing to parse or
<filename>debian/copyright</filename>, nor any requirements in the
license of the work regarding reproduction of legal notices. This
information must still be included in the <varname>License</varname>
- field, either in a stand-alone license paragraph or in the relevant
+ field, either in a stand-alone License paragraph or in the relevant
files paragraph.
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
Currently, the full text of the licenses is only available in the <ulink
- url="http://spdx.org/wiki/working-version-license-list">working version
- of the SPDX license list</ulink>.
+ url="http://spdx.org/licenses">SPDX Open Source License Registry</ulink>.
</para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
Apache
</entry>
<entry>
- Apache license
- <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/ASL-1.0">1.0</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/ASL-2.0">2.0</ulink>.
+ Apache license
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-1.0">1.0</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0">2.0</ulink>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
Artistic
</entry>
<entry>
- Artistic license
+ Artistic license
<ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/Artistic-1.0">1.0</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0">2.0</ulink>.
</entry>
CC0
</entry>
<entry>
- Creative Commons <ulink
- url="http://creativecommons.org/license/zero/">Universal
- waiver</ulink>.
+ Creative Commons Zero
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0">1.0 Universal</ulink>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
CDDL
</entry>
<entry>
- <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/CDDL">Common Development
- and Distribution License</ulink>.
+ Common Development and Distribution License
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/CDDL-1.0">1.0</ulink>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
</entry>
<entry>
The Eiffel Forum License
- <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0">1.0</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/EFL-1.0">1.0</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/EFL-2.0">2.0</ulink>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1">2.1</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0">3.0</ulink>, or
GNU Library General Public License
- <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-1.0">1.0</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.0">2.0</ulink>.
</entry>
</row>
GFDL
</entry>
<entry>
- <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/FDL-1.0">GNU Free
- Documentation License</ulink>.
+ GNU Free Documentation License 1.0, or
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/GFDL-1.1">1.1</ulink>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
- Python-CNRI
+ Python
</entry>
<entry>
- <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/Python-CNRI">Python
- license</ulink>.
+ Python license
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/Python-2.0">2.0</ulink>.
</entry>
+ <!-- See https://fossbazaar.org/pipermail/spdx-legal/2011-February/000010.html -->
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Zope
</entry>
<entry>
- Zope Public License
- <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/ZPL-1.0">1.0</ulink>,
+ Zope Public License 1.0,
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/ZPL-1.1">1.1</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/ZPL-2.0">2.0</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/ZPL-2.1">2.1</ulink>.
</entry>
matches.
</para>
<para>
- Exceptions and clarifications are signaled in plain text, by appending
+ An exception or clarification to a license is signaled in plain text, by appending
<literal>with <varname><replaceable>keywords</replaceable></varname>
exception</literal> to the short name. This document provides a list of
- keywords that refer to the most frequent exceptions.
+ keywords that must be used when referring to the most frequent
+ exceptions. When exceptions other than these are in effect that modify
+ a common license by granting additional permissions, you may use an
+ arbitrary keyword not taken from the below list of keywords. When a
+ license differs from a common license because of added restrictions
+ rather than because of added permissions, a distinct short name should
+ be used instead of <literal>with
+ <varname><replaceable>keywords</replaceable></varname>
+ exception</literal>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Only one exception may be specified for each license within a given
+ license specification. If more than one exception applies to a single
+ license, an arbitrary short name must be used instead.
</para>
<para>
The GPL <literal>Font</literal> exception refers to the text added to the
this exception statement from all source files in the program, then
also delete it here.</programlisting>
</para>
-
+
<section id="public-domain">
<title>Public domain</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
</section>
-
+
<section id="license-syntax">
<title>Syntax</title>
<para>
version.
.
In addition, as a special exception, the author of this
- program gives permission to link the code of its
+ program gives permission to link the code of its
release with the OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or
with modified versions of it that use the same license as
the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute the linked
- executables. You must obey the GNU General Public
- License in all respects for all of the code used other
+ executables. You must obey the GNU General Public
+ License in all respects for all of the code used other
than "OpenSSL". If you modify this file, you may extend
this exception to your version of the file, but you are
not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so,
A possible <filename>debian/copyright</filename> file for the program
<quote>X Solitaire</quote> distributed in the Debian source package
<literal>xsol</literal>:
-<programlisting><![CDATA[Format: <VERSIONED_FORMAT_URL>
+<programlisting><![CDATA[Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: X Solitaire
Source: ftp://ftp.example.com/pub/games
Files: debian/*
Copyright: Copyright 1998 Jane Smith <jsmith@example.net>
-License:
+License: GPL-2+
[LICENSE TEXT]]]></programlisting>
</para>
</example>
A possible <filename>debian/copyright</filename> file for the program
<quote>Planet Venus</quote>, distributed in the Debian source
package <literal>planet-venus</literal>:
-<programlisting><
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