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#847 formatted copyright file errors

closed-wont-fix
nobody
libgphoto2 (82)
5
2010-09-29
2010-08-10
Anonymous
No

This report was originally filled at:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgphoto2/+bug/611364

The debian/copyright file is formatted (per draft Dep5) but has errors respecting the current version of the spec. (http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn?op=file&rev=135). It is marked invalid by my copyright parser and therefore licenses and copyrights cannot be reliably extracted.

I'll attach three items:
* a report of the copyright generated by my copyright parser. I generated this after fixing the copyright's first line so that it is recognized as formatted. This shows that many of the errors are in using free form text in "License: " lines, which is not allowed. Spaces delimit license assertions. Every asserted license must be either defined in place, or have a free standing stanza to define it, or be a well-known short license name per the spec. Because "NONE" is asserted as a license, I added a "License: NONE" free-standing stanza whose text indicates that no license is asserted. I also added a GPL-improper stanza (reluctantly) to handle this case, which needs review. Also, every "Files: " stanza MUST have a "License: " line (a required field), even though that seems redundant, but this aids readability.
* report of the copyright generated after I fixed it.
* a bzr diff that contains the fixes.

Please review changes for accuracy and apply.

[1]http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52697032/bzr_diff.patch

Discussion

  • Marcus Meissner

    Marcus Meissner - 2010-08-12

    we do not ship any debian/ directory?

     
  • Marcus Meissner

    Marcus Meissner - 2010-08-12
    • status: open --> pending-wont-fix
     
  • SourceForge Robot

    This Tracker item was closed automatically by the system. It was
    previously set to a Pending status, and the original submitter
    did not respond within 14 days (the time period specified by
    the administrator of this Tracker).

     
  • SourceForge Robot

    • status: pending-wont-fix --> closed-wont-fix
     

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