r163 - /web/deps/dep5.mdwn

[lars at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: lars
Date: Wed Jan 19 06:22:03 2011
New Revision: 163

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/?sc=1&rev=163
Log:
Warn about links to SPDX being temporarily not ready yet.

Change Source to be optional.

Thanks, Charles, for both.

Modified:
    web/deps/dep5.mdwn

Modified: web/deps/dep5.mdwn
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn?rev=163&op=diff
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--- web/deps/dep5.mdwn (original)
+++ web/deps/dep5.mdwn Wed Jan 19 06:22:03 2011
@@ -149,17 +149,15 @@
      will usually be written as a list of RFC5322 addresses or URIs.
 
  * **`Source`**
-   * Required, unless there is no upstream
+   * Optional
    * Syntax: formatted text, no synopsis
    * An explanation from where the upstream source came from.
-     Typically this would be a URL, but it might be a free-form
-     explanation. If the upstream source has been modified to remove
-     non-free parts, that should be explained in this field.
-     This field is mandatory, unless there are no upstream sources,
-     which is mainly the case for native Debian packages.
-     See [Debian Policy, 
-     12.5](http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile)
-     for details.
+     Typically this would be a URL, but it might be a free-form explanation.
+     The [Debian Policy, 12.5](http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile)
+     requires this information unless there are no upstream sources,
+     which is mainly the case for native Debian packages. If the upstream
+     source has been modified to remove non-free parts, that should be
+     explained in this field.
 
  * **`Disclaimer`**
    * Optional
@@ -384,6 +382,9 @@
 of that license, the short name is finished with a plus sign.
 For SPDX compatibility, trailing "dot-zeroes" are considered to be equal
 to plainer version (e.g., "2.0.0" is considered equal to "2.0" and "2").
+
+Currently, the full text of the licenses is only available in the
+[working version the SPDX license list](http://spdx.org/wiki/working-version-license-list).
 
 
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