<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>
+ <literal>http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/</literal>
</para>
</section>
<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>
[LICENSE TEXT]
License: LGPL-2.1
- LICENSE TEXT]</programlisting>
+ [LICENSE TEXT]</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
</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>.
+ <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>
CC0
</entry>
<entry>
- Creative Commons <ulink
- url="http://creativecommons.org/license/zero/">Universal
- waiver</ulink>.
+ Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal
+ <ulink url="http://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0">1.0</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>
<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
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><![CDATA[Format: <VERSIONED_FORMAT_URL>
+<programlisting><![CDATA[Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: Planet Venus
Upstream-Contact: John Doe <jdoe@example.com>
Source: http://www.example.com/code/venus
Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2008, Dan Developer <dan@debian.example.com>
-License:
+License: permissive
Copying and distribution of this package, with or without
modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty
provided the copyright notice and this notice are