(+CC ben) On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 7:48 AM Guillem Jover <guillem@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This format makes it possible to automatically process the licenses > within a system for compatibility or compliance checks, for example. > Update the copyright years. Not all kernel developers are familiar with the background info. I think the commit description can describe a little more about the rationale. For example, This was accepted as DEP-5 (https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep5/) and the debian kernel package switched to the machine-readable debian/copyright by [1]. [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/d4f730e3ba9c76aff4c522b1a87aeb617f2f655e > Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > scripts/package/mkdebian | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------- > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian > index cd2c8c39aa54..69f2a6d7f009 100755 > --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian > +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian > @@ -157,19 +157,29 @@ EOF > > # Generate copyright file > cat <<EOF > debian/copyright > -This is a packacked upstream version of the Linux kernel. > - > -The sources may be found at most Linux archive sites, including: > -https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel > - > -Copyright: 1991 - 2018 Linus Torvalds and others. > - > - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > - it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > - the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991. > - > -On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public > -License version 2 can be found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'. > +Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ > +Source: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel > + > +Files: * > +Copyright: > + 1991-2020 Linus Torvalds and others. > +License: GPL-2 This specifies GPL-2 for 'Files: *'. This is wrong because not all files in the kernel are GPL-2. The debian-kernel maintains the large list of exceptional files: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/blob/debian/5.8.7-1/debian/copyright But, I doubt it is maintainable. I wonder if it is a good thing to convert it to machine-interpretable, but apparently wrong information. I am reluctant to maintain the huge debian/copyright... Ben, Do you have any idea how to handle this? > +License: GPL-2 > + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > + the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991. > + . > + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the > + GNU General Public License for more details. > + . > + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > + along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > +Comment: > + On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License > + version 2 can be found in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'. > EOF > > # Generate a control file > -- > 2.28.0.297.g1956fa8f8d > -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
