Hi Sebastian,

I think the answer would depend on what distribution of software the
Package is intended to represent. E.g., if the Package is representing /
describing a distribution of source code, then the PackageDownloadLocation
would likely point to the VCS syntax. Or if the Package is describing a
binary artifact, then that's where the PackageDownloadLocation would point
too.

Best,
Steve

On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 11:04 AM Sebastian Schuberth <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> just a quick question about the PackageDownloadLocation [1]: When it
> does not contain a VCS URL, but to a plain URL, is the URL the
> supposed to point to the *source* artifact for the package, or the
> *binary* artifact for the package?
>
> Given that the alternative VCS syntax obviously points to the source
> code, I would expect that also the plain URL syntax is supposed to
> point to a source artifact, but I couldn't find it spelled out in the
> spec.
>
> [1]
> https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/3-package-information/#37-package-download-location
>
> --
> Sebastian Schuberth
>
>
> 
>
>
>

-- 
Steve Winslow
VP, Compliance and Legal
The Linux Foundation
[email protected]


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