Dear Alan > Karsten, > Thanks for the thoughtful suggestion. I like it and think it could > work.
I am happy for having been able to help. I need a running SPDX system for my further work. So, it is not totally unselfish ;-) > One issue I see is the issue we run into about trying to avoid > making a legal judgment when classifying the licenses. That would > imply we wouldn't use dimension 4 about "preserving legal power." It is important that you define the list of necessary dimensions: you are the SPDX experts. I personally agree with your attitude: Inserting such a value could make SPDX a bit pejorative (and will surely evoke unnecessary discussions). Howsoever, I inserted that dimension only because it has been mentioned/requested on the LLW. > Also for dimension 3 regarding "official" licenses, perhaps we need > some more gradation for something where it's not "official" but it's at > least acknowledged or referenced. For example, the GPL translations > aren't official: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.en.html I > think if we're factually relying on statements made by the license > steward, it's less a concern about making a legal judgment. Such a differentiation would be helpful. Together with the simplification not to use the dimension 'legal power' you can use a better and simpler representation: licenses - original - English 00 - foreign 01 - translation - approved 10 - audited 20 - ... - unclear f0 Feel free to expand and redesign this little domain With best regards Karsten --- Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH / Infrastructure Cloud Karsten Reincke, Senior Expert Key Projects - Telekom Open Source Committee [display complete signatur: http://opensource.telekom.net/kreincke/kr-dtag-sign-en.txt ] _______________________________________________ Spdx mailing list [email protected] https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx
