r132 - /web/deps/dep5.mdwn

[vorlon at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: vorlon
Date: Thu Dec 17 15:26:43 2009
New Revision: 132

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/?sc=1&rev=132
Log:
reiterate that the license text must be included, that a short name is not an
adequate pointer

Modified:
    web/deps/dep5.mdwn

Modified: web/deps/dep5.mdwn
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn?rev=132&op=diff
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--- web/deps/dep5.mdwn (original)
+++ web/deps/dep5.mdwn Thu Dec 17 15:26:43 2009
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@
 Implementors who are parsing copyright files should take care not to assume
 anything about the meaning of license short names for unknown
 `Format-Specification` versions.
+
+Use of a standard short name does not override the Debian Policy requirement
+to include the full license text in `debian/copyright`, nor any requirements
+in the license of the work regarding reproduction of legal notices.  This
+information must still be included in the `License` field, either in a
+stand-alone license section or in the relevant files section.
 
 For licenses which have multiple versions in use, the version number is
 added, using a dash as a separator. If omitted, the lowest version number is