Re: licensecheck output (MIT License)

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> Hi David,
> 
> In the old Fedora system, "MIT" was a category shortname to refer to 
> many variations that would be different licenses under SPDX. See 
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/update-existing-packages/#_mit
> 
> FWIW, here's how I checked how this text matched against the SPDX 
> License List to begin with:
> - went to https://github.com/diegojromerolopez/gelidum/blob/main/LICENSE
> - highlight license text and used SPDX-diff browser plugin - which 
> showed me an exact match to MIT

I see, so I need that browser plugin to check the licenses.
I was hoping for an scriptable tool, like license-check, but if that is the recommended way to go, then I will use that in the future.

> This was an easy one. Sometimes, you need to do a bit of interpreting 
> with the SPDX-diff tool (see 
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/license-audit-tools/#_spdx_lic...
> 
> Make sure to note the update in your commit comment, so it will get 
> counted by Miroslav's tracker! 
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/update-existing-packages/#_cha...

Will do, thanks!

> I'm not sure what to say about license-check results.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jilayne
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