Bug#1142696: debian-policy [copyright-format]: Support 'Reference:' field in debian/copyright to avoid duplicating common-license texts

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Simon Josefsson [24/Jul 10:33am +02] wrote:
> I noticed [1] use of a new field 'Reference' in debian/copyright that
> appears to avoid the need to put a copy of the license declaration in
> debian/copyright for licenses in common-licenses.
>
> Is this something that the debian-policy copyright-format document
> should cover?  I don't see it in the current document:
>
> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
>
> We already don't put the entire license text of common-license in
> debian/copyright since a long time.
>
> It would be nice to avoid the need to cut'n'paste the license
> declaration blurbs as well, which often tends to be outdated with old
> postal addresses or http:// instead of https:// links and so on.
>
> I expect discussion and lack of consensus for many years :)

This is #904729.

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Sean Whitton

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