@@ -112,15 +112,11 @@ The comment header must contain one or more `SPDX-Copyright` tags, and one or
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more ` SPDX-License-Information ` tags. A tag is followed by a colon, followed by
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a text value, and terminated by a newline.
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- The ` SPDX-Copyright ` tag should be followed by the year(s) of publication, the
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- name of the copyright holder, and the e-mail address of the copyright holder
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- (example:
` SPDX-Copyright: 2019 Jane Doe <[email protected] > ` ). The order of
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- these items may be changed, but should be consistent within the project. The
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- items except the name of the copyright holder may be omitted.
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+ The ` SPDX-Copyright ` tag must be followed by a copyright notice as described
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+ in <!-- FIXME: Refer to an internal section --> .
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Instead of the ` SPDX-Copyright ` tag, the symbols ` Copyright ` , ` Copyright (c) ` ,
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- ` Copyright (C) ` , ` Copyright © ` or ` © ` may be used (example: `Copyright (c) 2019
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- Jane Doe
< [email protected] > ,
` © 2019 Jane Doe <[email protected] > ` ).
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+ ` Copyright (C) ` , ` Copyright © ` or ` © ` may be used.
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The ` SPDX-License-Identifier ` tag must be followed by a valid SPDX License
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Expression describing the licensing of the file (example:
@@ -151,8 +147,8 @@ The DEP5 file must be in `.reuse/dep5` from the root of the project.
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The ` License ` tag must be followed by a valid SPDX License Expression describing
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the licensing of the associated files.
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- <!-- TODO: Somehow specify the same requirements for the Copyright field, as
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- were listed in the previous section? -->
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+ The ` Copyright ` tag must be followed by a copyright notice as described in <!--
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+ FIXME: Refer to an internal section -->.
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An example of a DEP5 file:
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@@ -166,3 +162,19 @@ Files: po/*
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Copyright: 2019 Translation Company
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License: GPL-3.0-or-later
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```
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+ ## Format of copyright notices
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+ A copyright notice must start with the copyright symbol (©), the word
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+ "Copyright", or an equivalent tag, followed by the year(s) of publication, the
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+ name of the copyright holder, and the e-mail address of the copyright holder.
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+ The order of these items may be changed, but should be consistent within the
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+ project. The items except the name of the copyright holder may be omitted.
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+
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+ Examples of valid copyright notices:
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+
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+ ```
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+ SPDX-Copyright: 2019 Jane Doe <[email protected] >
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+ © Jane Doe
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+ Copyright 2019 Jane Doe
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+ ```
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