Re: [PATCH 4/6] builddeb: use standard format for copyright file

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On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 7:14 PM <bage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Bastian Germann <bage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Convert the minimal copyright file to the DEP-5 standard format that is
> commonly used in Debian.
>
> Link: https://trends.debian.net/#copyright-format-machine-readable-dep-5-vs-old-format
> Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann <bage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This is equivalent to this patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20200920222556.10002-4-guillem@xxxxxxxxxxx/


> ---
>  scripts/package/mkdebian | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> index 717223ef6b03..bb5c19735345 100755
> --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
> +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> @@ -152,22 +152,23 @@ 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.
> -
> -The git repository for mainline kernel development is at:
> -git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> -
> +Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> +Upstream-Name: Linux
> +Source: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
> +Comment: This is a packaged upstream version of the Linux kernel.
> +
> +Files: *
> +Copyright: 1991 - 2021 Linus Torvalds and others.
> +License: GPL-2

My concern is this license info is wrong
since not all files are GPL-2.

Is it better to make apparently wrong license info
machine-interpretable?

That is a question.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada



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