On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 at 11:43, Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 6:58 PM Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 10 2023 at 04:17:13 PM -0500, Matthew Miller
> <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yeah, this is a change from previous guidance. Instead of trying to
> > calculate
> > the effect, just state what's there. Even if it makes the _expression_
> > kind of
> > long and unwieldy.
> >
>
> Just for avoidance of doubt: this guidance is completely impractical
> and it can only be followed for simple packages.
I can only agree here.
For example, for many non-trivial Rust packages, just "listing what's
there" without doing some amount of simplification will result in
License tags that are >100 characters long. I don't know if there's
any limit to the length of RPM headers, but if there is, we might hit
the limit with the "guidance" ...
That may be the case, but if something is that complicated in licensing.. not letting a downloader know about it is setting them and us up for problems. People have been boiling software together like licenses don't matter and mixing lots of things which may not be readily mixable. This makes the area ripe for submarine and similar nuisance lawsuits. It is our responsibility as packagers to be aware of this and try to make sure we are making smart choices for ourselves and our consumers.
Fabio
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