r239 - in /web/deps: ./ dep5/copyright-format.xml dep5/index.html

[vorlon at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: vorlon
Date: Sat Dec 17 07:20:36 2011
New Revision: 239

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/?sc=1&rev=239
Log:
clarify that the copyright field doesn't actually have to be line-based, in
the event of an extra-long copyright declaration

Modified:
    web/deps/   (props changed)
    web/deps/dep5/copyright-format.xml
    web/deps/dep5/index.html

Modified: web/deps/dep5/copyright-format.xml
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5/copyright-format.xml?rev=239&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- web/deps/dep5/copyright-format.xml (original)
+++ web/deps/dep5/copyright-format.xml Sat Dec 17 07:20:36 2011
@@ -486,8 +486,10 @@
     <section id="copyright-field">
       <title><varname>Copyright</varname></title>
       <para>
-        Line-based list: one or more free-form copyright statement(s), one
-        per line.  In the header paragraph, this field gives the copyright
+        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.  In the header paragraph, this field gives the copyright
         information for the package as a whole, which may be different or
         simplified from a combination of all the per-file copyright
         information.  In the Files paragraphs, it gives the copyright

Modified: web/deps/dep5/index.html
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5/index.html?rev=239&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- web/deps/dep5/index.html (original)
+++ web/deps/dep5/index.html Sat Dec 17 07:20:36 2011
@@ -594,10 +594,12 @@
         "copyright-field"><code class=
         "varname">Copyright</code></a></h3>
 
-        <p>Line-based list: one or more free-form copyright
-        statement(s), one per line. In the header paragraph, this
-        field gives the copyright information for the package as a
-        whole, which may be different or simplified from a
+        <p>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. In the header paragraph,
+        this field gives the copyright information for the package
+        as a whole, which may be different or simplified from a
         combination of all the per-file copyright information. In
         the Files paragraphs, it gives the copyright information
         that applies to the files matched by the <code class=