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

[Jilayne Lovejoy <jlovejoy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/26/24 8:41 AM, Richard Fontana wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM Jerry James <loganjerry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 6:17 AM Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > We will get valid SPDX formula.
> > >         
> > Some legacy license names contain spaces.  Simply slapping
> > "LicenseRef-Fedora-" on the front will only affect the first word of
> > such multiword license names, resulting in an invalid SPDX formula.
> > We would also have to convert those spaces to hyphens, right?
> >       
> Correct, if I'm reading the SPDX license _expression_ grammar correctly
> (https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v3.0//annexes/SPDX-license-expressions/),
> spaces would have to be converted and the hyphen is probably the only
> sensible separator. So e.g. "BSD with advertising" becomes
> "LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD-with-advertising".
>
>     
    correct re: spacing and your example
>     
    
  

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