Hello SPDX legal and tech teams, This Thursday, April 27th at 12:00 EDT, during our regularly scheduled legal team meeting [1], we will be discussing and finalizing on the details of the change proposal for custom license "additions" [2]. This follows from the previous meeting on January 12 where this was discussed. [3]
Based on the discussion in the change proposal thread, I am seeing greatest consensus for the use of `AdditionRef-` as the prefix for custom 'additions' to license text, as reflected in Alexios's PR at [4]. As previously agreed, the SPDX Exceptions List itself [5] would continue to be limited to solely exceptions to license conditions / additional permissions. `AdditionRef-` as a prefix would then be used for custom identifiers that are _not_ on the Exceptions List, to represent any additional text added to a license which is not a standalone license itself. I would ask that folks who will attend the April 27th meeting please review the threads linked below so that we can finalize on the decision during that call. Best, Steve [1] https://github.com/spdx/meetings#legal-team-meetings [2] https://github.com/spdx/change-proposal/issues/4 [3] https://github.com/spdx/meetings/blob/main/legal/2023-01-12.md [4] https://github.com/spdx/spdx-spec/pull/839/files [5] https://spdx.org/licenses/exceptions-index.html On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 3:01 PM Steve Winslow via lists.spdx.org <swinslow= [email protected]> wrote: > Hello spdx-legal and spdx-tech team lists, > > As a reminder, following from the joint teams meeting in January, there is > a pending Change Proposal [1] regarding whether and how to add the ability > to express custom license "exceptions" (or "modifiers", or "additions") in > SPDX license expressions. > > This is one of the primary open items to be decided upon in connection > with the draft SPDX 3.0 licensing profile [2]. So if the licensing profile > will include support for some form of this for 3.0, we'll need to conclude > on what and how it will be implemented. > > If you have thoughts, please review that Change Proposal thread and the > linked proposed PRs, and weigh in on that issue thread with your input. > > Best, > Steve > > [1] https://github.com/spdx/change-proposal/issues/4 > [2] > https://github.com/spdx/spdx-3-model/tree/licensing-profile/model/Licensing > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#5109): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-tech/message/5109 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/97912782/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-tech/unsub [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
