Re: [SPDX] Mass license change GPLv2 to GPL-2.0-only

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* Miroslav Suchý:

> 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?

Could you add an HTML anchor with GPLv2 specific information?  Otherwise
it looks a bit silly to anyone who isn't familiar with the GPLv2
ambiguity, and will likely result in unchecked replacement with
GPL-2.0-only in many cases.

Thanks,
Florian
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