On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 11:47:55AM +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > On 26. 06. 24 5:59, Richard Fontana wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 7:20 PM Miro Hrončok <mhron...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 25. 06. 24 22:50, Miroslav Suchý wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > > > I don't understand what is the benefit of doing this at all. Sorry. > > > > The benefit I see is that it immediately causes all license tags to > > conform to the SPDX license expression standard, while also making it > > very clear what parts of those license expressions are actually legacy > > elements that have to be examined and replaced. (This assumes we > > wouldn't use `LicenseRef-Callaway-` for any other purpose.) > > What is the benefit of that outcome? > > I understand the benefit of SPDX in general. > > I don't understand the benefit of converting everything to custom LicenseRef > identifiers.
If you have tools which process SPDX expressions, with a full conversion of outstanding RPMs to LicenseRef, you would now be able to use these tools on Fedora specfiles (more) reliably. Fedora could (should) also apply CI tests that enforce a valid SPDX expression, as there are almost certainly some accidental errors that have crept in (I know I've made some). These are small, but still tangible benefits, over having the ill-defined mixture of SPDX and Callaway expressions live on for more years. Fully replacing the LicenseRef-Callaway terms within the expressions would still remain highly desirable, ongoing work. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org 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@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
