Hi All, I’m sending one email to both lists, as there seem to be a couple thread on the same topic (or maybe I’m just getting it as a couple threads by being copied).
In any case, as Kate has already stated - we were just talking about this the other day and thinking through some paths to get to a point of using: "GPL-2.0-only" as the short identifier for when one means exactly that. The FSF is supportive of this end goal, but again as Kate has already stated - the trick is how to get there. GPL does not exist in a vacuum, so we need to make sure that either what’s good for the geese is also good for the gander (other licenses, use of SPDX, etc.); or we consider a proposal that treats the GPL family of licenses unique if that’s warranted. In any case, this is a discussion that needs to start with the legal team, as the steward of the SPDX License List, so I’d like to ask that we move/keep the discussion there for the time being. If you are not on the legal mailing list, you can join here: http://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-legal I’m sure we’ll want other input from the other teams, but I’d appreciate it if we could gather there for the time being. I also intended to put up a wiki page in the legal team wiki site walking through some of the scenarios and potential issues. That will help everyone see where the pros and cons are; and then we can start to hash out the best all-around approach. I will try to get that page up over the next few days (or early next week) and will be sure to send the link to all. Please let’s also keep the conversation productive and positive; back-handed stabs at the SPDX team or Monday-morning-quarter-backing are not helpful (and, quite frankly, I take them personally!) Thanks for all the helpful input. It’s always interesting to me when something starts to percolate, and crops up in different places or by different people at around the same time. As the saying goes, I guess great minds think alike ;) Cheers, Jilayne SPDX Legal Team co-lead [email protected] _______________________________________________ Spdx-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-tech
