On 26. 06. 24 5:59, Richard Fontana wrote:
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.)
What is the benefit of that outcome?
I understand the benefit of SPDX in general.
I don't understand the benefit of converting everything to custom LicenseRef
identifiers.
We are already making it clear that the expressions are legacy by... being legacy.
Clearly, I must miss something. What do we *gain* by causing all license tags
to conform to the SPDX license expression standard despite actually just using
the old tag with extra boilerplate?
I am not trying to fight this decision, I am genuinely confused: What it is
that makes us hurry this. Why cannot we keep the gradual conversion?
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