Hi John,
Steve Winslow <[email protected]> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been working on a few pages on the SPDX website on why and how to use
> SPDX short-form IDs. This is intended to be developer-focused, usable by
> someone who isn't otherwise familiar with SPDX, to get them to start
> putting SPDX identifiers in their source code.
>
> The first cut at this is now available at
https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fspdx.org%2Fids&data=02%7C01%7CJilayne.Lovejoy%40arm.com%7C103bfc98d6f64298bee708d59fe9e31a%7Cf34e597957d94aaaad4db122a662184d%7C0%7C1%7C636590749258954709&sdata=nLWJSZhEzVKkU04yPM1e8Ut9cWwxQhmCYgVK%2BQYb9Gw%3D&reserved=0.
There are a
> few "read more..." pages linked from that URL. These pages are visible but
> not yet linked from the rest of the site.
>
I can't find the previous links now, but I thought the previous "how to
use SPDX identifiers" page on the site recommended keeping the
file-level boilerplate text for, for example, the GPL, and included
examples along those lines.
Yes, and it still does - the page you are thinking of is Appendix V to the Spec
https://spdx.org/specifications
(which you can go directly to via this link:
https://spdx.org/spdx-specification-21-web-version#h.twlc0ztnng3b )
Which is the main source of explaining the use of SPDX identifiers in source
files.
Notably, in the second paragraph in Appendix V, it states:
To the extent that a source file contains existing copyright and
license information, it is the SPDX project’s recommendation that SPDX
short identifiers be used to supplement, not replace that information. When
there is a standard header provided by the license author, it is
recommended to use such standard header (alone or in combination with the
SPDX short identifier).
I think what Steve is doing here is trying to take that more formal advice and
create some more "user-friendly" guides for the website.
(also removing my arm.com address from thread, so I stop getting this in two
places __
Jilayne
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