SPDX 2.1 candidate walkthrough: 9-12 in Monument Peak room at Collab.

2016-03-30 Thread Kate Stewart
Hi, Just a reminder that we'll be doing a walkthrough of the draft SPDX 2.1 specification with the material the tech team has been working on over the last year included. Link to the google document we'll be reviewing is:

Please add fields for FSF-approved, Debian-acceptable, and Fedora-good

2016-03-30 Thread Wheeler, David A
Can there please *ALSO* be standard fields to report if the license is: * a free license as approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) [Proposed field name: “FSF-approved”] * a free license acceptable to Debian main [Proposed field name “Debian-acceptable”] * a "good" license according to

Re: New License/Exception Request: BSD-3-Clause-NoNuclear

2016-03-30 Thread Philip Odence
Matija, I agree with your assessment; it is restrictive. On the other hand it seems to me that in this case the restriction is a practical one motivated by liability reasons, not a philosophical one which I believe the freedoms are intended to protect. Below is a expert from the criteria the

TCP-wrappers License -- Request for Addition to SPDX License List

2016-03-30 Thread Tom Incorvia
Hello SPDX, Please consider including the TCP-wrappers template license in the SPDX license list. This license is associated with a very common open source component, TCP-Wrappers. Although not used much outside of TCP-wrappers, this license is very frequently referenced with regards to

Re: New License/Exception Request: BSD-3-Clause-NoNuclear

2016-03-30 Thread Matija Šuklje
Die 30. 03. 16 et hora 11.12.46 Sam Ellis scripsit: > “You acknowledge that this software is not designed, licensed or intended > for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any > nuclear facility.”. FWIW, this would most probably fail the freedom 0 of the Free Software

New License/Exception Request: BSD-3-Clause-NoNuclear

2016-03-30 Thread Sam Ellis
Hi, Please consider adding the following license to the SPDX license list: Full name: BSD 3-clause w/nuclear disclaimer Short identifier: BSD-3-Clause-NoNuclear URL: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/licenses/bsd.txt OSI approved: No Explanation: This is a variant of BSD-3-Clause commonly