Yev Bronshteyn:
> Here’s the link: 
> http://docs.google.com/document/d/112x3s3g1Qg2tj8bjvIPsqIBlWUp3Sob37cvAx2eiS6U/edit

Thanks!!  Sadly, the text for "FilesAnalyzed" suggests to me that this field is 
exactly wrong for the use case I'm most interested in.  Let me call my use case 
"developer self-assertion", where the SPDX file is being hand-created by the 
developer of the package and represents assertions directly from the 
developer(s).  That's because I want *developers* to be able to *self-assert* 
that they are releasing a given set of files under a given license, using SPDX 
license expressions and the SPDX file format.

The "FilesAnalyzed" text says:
> Purpose: Indicates whether the file content of this package has been 
> available for or subjected to analysis when creating the SPDX document. If 
> “false” indicates packages that represent metadata or URI references to a 
> project, product, artifact, distribution or a component. If set to “false”, 
> the package must not contain any files.

But I *AM* the developer.  The file content of this package *HAS* been 
available when creating the SPDX document, indeed, I'm the author or co-author 
of this content so I am the primary data source.  In addition, the phrase "the 
package must not contain any files" makes no sense for my case.  I certainly 
will distribute the files, and I may very well *want* to state that certain 
files have/don't have certain licenses or exception.

Thanks.

--- David A. Wheeler

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