Re: [DEP5] Format of Copyright header
Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:
> It would preserve the capacity for structured semantics, but it would
> change the meaning of many files already in the wild.
True.
> On that basis, I would like to avoid making such a change before 1.0 and
> think that "formatted text" is the best option here.
Works for me.
> Would the attached patch do the job?
> + Formatted text, no synopsis: one or more free-form copyright
> + statement(s), one per line.
Well, except this still isn't true. The statements may be split across
multiple lines.
Maybe just say:
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.
instead?
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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