On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 8:44 PM Ben Beasley <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > At some point we added a rule, > > “A license should normally appear only once in the License: tag license expression. But if the license expression includes an OR sub-expression, that OR sub-expression is treated as though it were a single license for purposes of this rule. *****As an exception to this rule, if all the license operands of the OR sub-expression also appear in the license expression outside the OR sub-expression, then you can eliminate the OR sub-expression.*****” > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/license-field/#_special_rules_for_or_expressions I read this page yesterday, and I remember neither the part on not simplifying mentioned by Miroslav nor the exception you just brought up. I suspect that this page only left a residual "hunch" that I should keep the literal expression. > I don’t like this rule, because: > > - I don’t like the cognitive burden on packagers of adding another step away from pure, straightforward mechanical enumeration of licenses The other cognitive burden is the itch to always simplify any boolean expression that looks suboptimal :p > - I believe the simplification discards useful information That is how I felt about the dual licensing of one of the js scripts. > - I think it’s not clear exactly how it should be interpreted in complicated, possibly nested SPDX expressions > > Nevertheless, this rule would appear to specifically allow the simplification you described. I guess your answer to my questions is that both are valid, but the one I picked is preferred. Thank you and Miroslav for the quick turnaround! Dridi -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-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/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
