Just adding a bit of historical context and personal experience to Alexios
description below - which I largely agree with.
The XML format is actually the 3rd iteration of formats the legal team has used
to capture license information.
Iteration 1: spreadsheets (open office format)
Iteration 2:
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 12:29 AM Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
> Quoting Richard Fontana (2024-01-15 06:22:47)
> > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 12:01 AM Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > >
> > > Quoting Richard Fontana (2024-01-14 23:41:55)
> > This doesn't really seem to be any better than (and actually
Richard, interesting discussion, but I think your reasoning is backwards, from
historical perspective.
Keep in mind that license-list-XML keeps data and metadata about licenses.
The metadata is easy: stuff like short identifier, when it was added, whether
it's OSI approved, links for the
