On 5/26/23 13:58, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > On 5/26/23 00:56, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > [...] > >> Also, Linux-man-pages-copyleft seems to contain a sentence that >> makes it differ from VERBATIM_PROF: >> >> """ >> The author(s) may >> not have taken the same level of care in the production of this >> manual, which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working >> professionally. >> """ >> >> I believe the quality of non-professional code and manuals to be >> at least as high as the professional one. We have more freedom to >> reject crap. I propose also deprecating Linux-man-pages-copyleft >> and moving to VERBATIM_PROF as the single surviving license from >> all four variants. > > I reconsidered. The non-pro version does actually reflect reality, > as it doesn't say the level of care is less, but just different. > That can --and more often than not does-- mean higher level of care. > > So, I prefer Linux-man-pages-copyleft over VERBATIM_PROF. > > <https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/1959#issuecomment-1564255785> > >> >> We're also discussing the names that each of these four should be >> given in SPDX. >> >> >> I suggest (in order of appearance in this email): >> >> - Linux-man-pages-copyleft to be renamed to the following, and >> mark it as a deprecated license. >> >> Linux-man-pages-copyleft-nopro >> Linux man-pages Copyleft (non-professional) > > I drop my suggestion of renaming this one (and of deprecating it). > >> >> - VERBATIM_PROF to be SPDX'd as: >> >> Linux-man-pages-copyleft-qual >> Linux man-pages Copyleft (high quality) And suggest using -pro and (professional) for this one. But the real name in my mind will be -loqual and (lower quality). ;) >> >> - VERBATIM_TWO_PARA to be SPDX'd as: >> >> Linux-man-pages-copyleft-notrans >> Linux man-pages Copyleft (no translations) >> >> - VERBATIM_ONE_PARA to be SPDX'd as: >> >> Linux-man-pages-copyleft-verbatim >> Linux man-pages Copyleft (verbatim) >> >> > -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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