~ Sebastian Crane [2022-02-21 23:00 +0100]:
>> It looks like this is a good fit for SPDX.  If no one objects by next
>> Tuesday March 1st, we'll go ahead and move it over.
> 
> Certainly no objections from me! There are plenty of projects using
> various custom scripts in GitHub Actions to check for SPDX license
> headers, so it would be good to focus this effort.

Just a side note: actually they could make things so much easier. Let
the REUSE tool run over the project, either in lint mode (and ignore the
error) or generating the SBOM with the 'spdx' subcommand, and then
grepping for the flagged licenses. There even is a Github action for it
[^1]. Surely, the same would also be possible by using Scancode etc.

Of course it's up to organisations to develop their own tools, however I
am not sure whether they should be recommended and highlighted by SPDX
or another large compliance group. IMHO it would make more sense to
focus on the tools we already have and not reinvent the wheel unless a
new tool really fills a gap.

Just my 2 cents.

Best,
Max


[^1]: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/reuse-compliance-check

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