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Please include copy of license text #2

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petercolberg opened this issue Mar 29, 2016 · 1 comment
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Please include copy of license text #2

petercolberg opened this issue Mar 29, 2016 · 1 comment

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Debian requires that the source package contains a copy of the license text (@onlyjob).

Thanks!

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For background: The package was accepted into Debian, but I received a comment from ftp-masters to include the full license text into the release. Replacing the Licence section in README.md with the following would settle the issue once and for all.

## Licence

© 20XX—20YY Hugo Landau <hlandau@devever.net>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

The reference by SHA256 hash is a nice idea in theory; in practice it relies on a link to a volatile resource. I am still hopeful to see the permanent web that allows retrieving files by hash in my lifetime.

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