Bug#704306: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl: does not catch invalid license text

[Dominique Dumont]

Le Friday 05 April 2013 19:44:56, Felix Natter a écrit :
> What about catching single-line licenses? Or is
> 
> License: GPL
>  see /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
> 
> valid?

Yes, even if this practice is not recommended. "cme edit dpkg-copyright" 
proposes default text for well known licenses like GPL-1.

> Are there single-line license texts?

Normally no, because writing a single line license which is legally meaningful 
is not an easy task. Unless you don't limit the number of character on a 
line...

> I didn't realize that, thanks for the clarification.

You're welcome.



Dominique