Thanks, Steve and Kyle. The link to the draft is particularly helpful. I don't want to rehash the many, many discussions about which licenses should be included in the official list; suffice to say, are there any best practices folks here are aware of for naming these? I saw https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/issues/532 re namespacing but that's about it.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 9:46 AM Steve Winslow <swins...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi Luis, hope you (and others) are staying safe and healthy as well. > > Echoing Kyle, "LicenseRef-" is part of the spec syntax and is defined in > Appendix IV of the spec. [1] In an actual SPDX document, it would be > defined in a corresponding "Other License" section. [2] > > In the v2.2 release of the spec (for which a release candidate was > circulated this morning), the spec now explicitly clarifies that > LicenseRefs can be used in short-form identifiers in source code. [3] REUSE > has also implemented this in their spec and described a mechanism for > including the corresponding license text directly in a repo. > > Hope this helps! > Steve > > (links below are to sections of the v2.2 release candidate) > > [1] > https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2-draft/appendix-IV-SPDX-license-expressions/ > [2] > https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2-draft/6-other-licensing-information-detected/ > [3] > https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2-draft/appendix-V-using-SPDX-short-identifiers-in-source-files/, > scroll to the bottom > [4] https://reuse.software/spec/, search for "LicenseRef" > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 12:39 PM Kyle Mitchell <k...@kemitchell.com> > wrote: > >> Luis, >> >> `LicenseRef-*` is technically part of the license expression >> syntax, too. But it mostly comes up in the context of >> (private, shared) SPDX XML files. I'm not aware of any >> package managers that leverage it as a way for package >> authors to express their own license terms. >> >> -- >> Kyle Mitchell, attorney // Oakland // (510) 712 - 0933 >> >> >> >> > > -- > Steve Winslow > Director of Strategic Programs > The Linux Foundation > swins...@linuxfoundation.org > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2796): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/message/2796 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/73085652/21656 Group Owner: spdx-legal+ow...@lists.spdx.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
