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@@ -623,47 +623,54 @@ license: <licenses> [; <comment>]
<licenses> = <license> [, <license>]*
\
-The package lincense. The format is a comma-separated list of license names
-under which this package is distributed. This list has the \i{AND} semantics,
-that is, the user must comply with all the licenses listed. To capture
-alternative licensing options use multiple \c{license} values, for example:
+The package license. The format is a comma-separated list of case-insensitive
+license names under which this package is distributed. This list has the
+\i{AND} semantics, that is, the user must comply with all the licenses
+listed. To capture alternative licensing options use multiple \c{license}
+values, for example:
\
-license: LGPLv2, MIT
-license: BSD
+license: LGPLv2.1, MIT
+license: BSD3
\
-In the above example, the package can be used either under the BSD license or
-both LGPLv2 and MIT.
+In the above example, the package can be used either under the BSD3 license or
+both LGPLv2.1 and MIT.
For complex licensing schemes it is recommended to add comments as an aid to
the user, for example:
\
-license: LGPLv2, MIT ; If linking with GNU TLS.
-license: BSD ; If linking with OpenSSL.
+license: LGPLv2.1, MIT ; If linking with GNU TLS.
+license: BSD3 ; If linking with OpenSSL.
\
-To assist automated processing, the following pre-defined values should be
+To assist automated processing, the following pre-defined names should be
used for the common licenses:
\
-MIT
-GPLv2
-GPLv3
-LGPLv2
-LGPLv3
-ASLv1 ; Apache License 1.0.
-ASLv1.1 ; Apache License 1.1.
-ASLv2 ; Apache License 2.0.
-BSD ; BSD 3-clause.
-BSD-Original ; BSD original.
+MIT ; MIT License.
+BSD2 ; Simplified 2-clause BSD License.
+BSD3 ; New 3-clause BSD License.
+BSD4 ; Original 4-clause BSD License.
+GPLv2 ; GNU General Public License v2.0.
+GPLv3 ; GNU General Public License v3.0.
+LGPLv2 ; GNU Lesser General Public License v2.0.
+LGPLv2.1 ; GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1.
+LGPLv3 ; GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0.
+ASLv1 ; Apache License v1.0.
+ASLv1.1 ; Apache License v1.1.
+ASLv2 ; Apache License v2.0.
+MPLv2 ; Mozilla Public License v2.0.
public domain
available source ; Not free software/open source.
proprietary
+TODO ; License is not yet decided.
\
+Note that just \c{BSD} is ambiguous and should be avoided.
+
\N|An example of automated processing would be filtering for non-copyleft
licensed packages.|