From: dickey@invisible-island.net   
      
   On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 01:24:22PM +0100, Bastian Germann wrote:   
   > Control: tags -1 moreinfo   
   >    
   > Hi,   
   >    
   > The machine-readable copyright spec says in 6.7. License: "These   
   > arbitrary names are only guaranteed to be unique within a single   
   > copyright file."   
   >    
   > You have several "License: other-BSD" appearances.   
      
   thanks - I'd overlooked matchinig the license name in the "License:"   
   lines in my script which checks for consistent license-wording and   
   format of debian/copyright   
      
   > The aclocal.m4 and install-sh ones should be called X11 and be referencing   
      
   install-sh does use X11, but aclocal.m4 uses what SPDX terms   
   "X11-distribute-modifications-variant" (not really the same,   
   but close).   
      
   > one standalone License element. The package/debian/* one should be called   
   > HPND.   
      
   That last is recognized by https://tools.spdx.org/app/check_license/   
   as StandardML-NJ rather than HPND - see   
      
   https://spdx.org/licenses/StandardML-NJ.html   
   https://spdx.org/licenses/HPND.html   
      
   but in the former case, I prefer the connotations of X11 over NJ.   
   So I'm combining the section for debian/* with aclocal.m4   
      
   Regarding "standalone License element", I see   
      
   https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep5/#stand-alone-license-paragraph   
      
   but multiple "Files:" items appear equally valid, since I'm the developer   
   for both aclocal.m4 and debian/*   
      
   I've uploaded an updated version to mentors,   
   differing in the changes and copyright files.   
      
   --    
   Thomas E. Dickey    
   https://invisible-island.net   
      
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