[SCM] LibASS packaging branch, master, updated. debian/0.9.8-1-9-g1767f1b

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:47:10AM +0000, xtophe-guest at users.alioth.debian.org wrote:

>+The Debian packaging is Copyright (C) 2008, Christophe Mutricy
>+<xtophe at videolan.org> and is licensed under the GPL, see above.
>
>-- 
>LibASS packaging

Better if you explicitly state which versions of the license.

Or alternatively that you explicitly state that not only "above" license 
is used but also (explicitly) "above" versions.  But the whole "above" 
style has the risk of breaking: A later reorganisation of "above" text 
(e.g. to move the actual license to the bottom of the file or outside of 
it for some reason) may not be aware of the later reuse.

Too often I have seen code stating that it is licensed as stated in 
LICENSING - but where I found the code it had been borrowed from another 
project and that LICENSING file was gone.  Or projects containing 
multiple COPYING files in various subfolders, containing *different* 
versions of the GPL without the text in the code telling which versions 
are acceptable.


Kind regards,

  - Jonas

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