Methinks the current intention of spec writers is: + is now a reserved operator for the License Expression Syntax
So therefore + should be illegal character in license idstring So inconsistency in this regard would seem to be a bug in the spec -Bill > On Oct 28, 2015, at 5:42 AM, Schuberth, Sebastian > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > when debugging an issue in the spdx-tools verifier, I noticed the SPDX 2.0 > specs seem to be inconsistent on whether "+" is a valid character in a > LicenseRef's idstring, like in LicenseRef-[idstring]. > > Sections 3.13.4 and 4.6.4 also refer to LicenseRefs and say > > [idstring] is a unique string containing letters, numbers, "." or > "-" > > Yet section 5.1.4 explicitly says for the case of LicenseRef > > [idstring] is a unique string containing letters, numbers, ".", > "-" or "+" > > Is there any consensus? I'd vote for "+" to be valid in order to have > LicenseRefs like "LicenseRef-LGPL-3.0+". > > BTW: There's similar inconsistencies regarding DocumentRef idstrings, see > sections 2.6.4 vs. 3.13.4 / 4.6.4 and other places that refer to an SPDXID. > > Sebastian Schuberth > Lead Engineer > Open Source Governance, Chief Technology Office > Mobile: +49 151 551 551 40 > > HERE Berlin > Invalidenstrasse 116 > 10115 Berlin > 52° 31' 52" N. 13° 23' 5" E > HERE, a Nokia company > > Place of Business: HERE Deutschland GmbH, Invalidenstrasse 116, 10115 Berlin, > Germany - Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 106443B - > USt-IdNr.: DE 812 845 193 - Managing Directors: Michael Bültmann, Robertus > A.J. Houben > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > This e-mail and any attachments hereto may contain information that is > privileged or confidential, and is intended for use only by the individual or > entity to which it is addressed. Any disclosure, copying or distribution of > the information by anyone else is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this document in error, please notify us promptly by responding to this > e-mail. Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Spdx-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-tech _______________________________________________ Spdx-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-tech
