Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned
- To: 696185@bugs.debian.org
- Cc: Michael Pöhn <michael.poehn@fsfe.org>, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
- Subject: Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned
- From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 10:22:11 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] bcf2aa1d-778a-f4ac-51d5-e850fecd4f79@eds.org>
- Reply-to: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org>, 696185@bugs.debian.org
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- References: <CAL6k_Ayd5qm6TA_t6_y5sK+0Fn6b1pV-iSbEZSgyu8TKgJvREA@mail.gmail.com> <20121217182104.GA5469@straylight.m.ringlet.net> <87bods5w00.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> <CAL6k_AyBLgd5q4h0TGpqgj63h0hLFoXGB-DKMzhN_qn4SqEszQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFzf2XziDzzPh68F6xXRFP+TVMk10Q8Y_T1vT_coib_4vZAbZA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFzf2XziDzzPh68F6xXRFP+TVMk10Q8Y_T1vT_coib_4vZAbZA@mail.gmail.com> <CAL6k_Ayd5qm6TA_t6_y5sK+0Fn6b1pV-iSbEZSgyu8TKgJvREA@mail.gmail.com>
I think its time to reopen the idea of requiring that _debian/copyright_
use SPDX tags when the license texts are an exact match. I think SPDX
has progressed nicely, and has gone through a number of revisions to
address the concerns of Debian and others. This then will greatly
improve the machine readability of our software collection. That would
in turn make it easy to generate an API of DFSG-free licenses that
others can consume, including SPDX:
https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/876
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