On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 7:20 PM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 25. 06. 24 22:50, Miroslav Suchý wrote: > > Dne 25. 06. 24 v 1:09 odp. Miro Hrončok napsal(a): > >> > >> Could you make the comment something like this? > >> > >> # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2 > >> # TODO check if there are other licenses to be listed > >> License: GPL-2.0-only > > > > We (the Change owners) discussed this on a meeting today. And we agreed on output: > > > > # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2 > > # TODO convert to correct SPDX identifier > > # See https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/update-existing-packages/ > > License: LicenseRef-Callaway-GPLv2 > > > > This is valid SPDX identifier. But not on the list of Fedora's allowed > > licenses, so any QA tool will remind you to check the license. > > > > What do you think? > > I don't understand what is the benefit of doing this at all. Sorry. The benefit I see is that it immediately causes all license tags to conform to the SPDX license expression standard, while also making it very clear what parts of those license expressions are actually legacy elements that have to be examined and replaced. (This assumes we wouldn't use `LicenseRef-Callaway-` for any other purpose.) Richard -- _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
