[med-svn] r6399 - trunk/community/website/docs

[Andreas Tille]

Author: tille
Date: 2011-03-30 07:35:52 +0000 (Wed, 30 Mar 2011)
New Revision: 6399

Modified:
   trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
Log:
How to check copyright file for correct syntax


Modified: trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml	2011-03-30 07:20:27 UTC (rev 6398)
+++ trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml	2011-03-30 07:35:52 UTC (rev 6399)
@@ -579,7 +579,18 @@
 		
 		<sect2 id="debian-copyright">
 			<title><filename>debian/copyright</filename></title>
-			<para>We use the <ulink url="http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat">proposed machine-readable format</ulink> for the <filename>debian/copyright</filename> file. The <computeroutput>Source</computeroutput> field does not need to contain the full URL to the particular version that is being packaged, since this can be determined by the <command>uscan</command> program with the <filename>debian/watch</filename> file. Please list yourself in the <computeroutput>Files: debian/*</computeroutput> section if you think that your contributions are not trivial and therefore subjected to copyright. Please chose a license that is compatible with the program you package. You can also use <quote>same as if it were in the public domain</quote> or <quote>same as the packaged program itself</quote>.</para>
+			<para>We use the <ulink url="http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat">proposed machine-readable format</ulink>
+                              for the <filename>debian/copyright</filename> file. The <computeroutput>Source</computeroutput> field does not
+                              need to contain the full URL to the particular version that is being packaged, since this can be determined by
+                              the <command>uscan</command> program with the <filename>debian/watch</filename> file. Please list yourself in the
+                              <computeroutput>Files: debian/*</computeroutput> section if you think that your contributions are not trivial and
+                              therefore subjected to copyright. Please chose a license that is compatible with the program you package. You can
+                              also use <quote>same as if it were in the public domain</quote> or <quote>same as the packaged program itself</quote>.
+                        </para>
+			<para>To verify the correct syntax of the <filename>debian/copyright</filename> file you can use</para>
+			<blockquote><userinput>
+			      <command>config-edit -application dpkg-copyright -ui none</command>
+			</userinput></blockquote>
 		</sect2>
 		
 		<sect2 id="debian-changelog">