https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07
For techies, interesting discussion of custom license name space proposal. I hope my non-techie notes capture the essence. Phil General Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07 < General Meeting<https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting> | Minutes<https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting/Minutes> · Attendance: 10 · Lead by Phil Odence · Minutes of Jan meeting approved Contents [hide<https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07>] · 1 Tech Team Report - Kate/Gary<https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07#Tech_Team_Report_-_Kate.2FGary> · 2 Legal Team Report - Jilayne<https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07#Legal_Team_Report_-_Jilayne> · 3 Outreach Team Report - Jack<https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07#Outreach_Team_Report_-_Jack> · 4 Cross Functions<https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07#Cross_Functions> · 5 Attendees<https://wiki.spdx.org/view/General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07#Attendees> Tech Team Report - Kate/Gary[edit<https://wiki.spdx.org/index.php?title=General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07&action=edit§ion=1>] · Tools · SoC in again · Variety of proposals on Wiki · We’ll hear back end of Feb · Steve W · created a tool to scan the kernel looking for SPDX · Contributed Go libraries · Go Steve · Specification · Discussing Marks Idea for alternative name spaces · Spec can handle · What guidance do we provide? · Starting to take pull requests into 2.2 spec · Focus for next few months · Started a tech call in Asia friendly Legal Team Report - Jilayne[edit<https://wiki.spdx.org/index.php?title=General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07&action=edit§ion=2>] · License List · New process and links posted · Published policy says advocates need to stay engaged or requests may drop off the radar · GitHub process seems like a great way to handle requests · Need work outside the call Outreach Team Report - Jack[edit<https://wiki.spdx.org/index.php?title=General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07&action=edit§ion=3>] · LinuxCon Aussie Presentation · Included Stat1/3 of files in Kernel have SPDX in them · Great momentum · Panel at FOSDEM on OSS Compliance tooling · Alexios attended · Lots or proposals on tools, so organizers turned into a panel w/ Bradley K moderating · Theme was need for interoperatblity · Video will be published · Alexios also mentioned that at recent copyleft conference, SPDX came up in every talk · Website · Looking into status of move to Wordpress with LF · Request a new license page has been directed to GitHub repo · Need an Outreach reboot Cross Functions[edit<https://wiki.spdx.org/index.php?title=General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07&action=edit§ion=4>] · Alternate name space · Basics · Many companies have source available non-OSS licenses · Would be good for companies to be able to have standard local names · Proposal is to use DNS · Addresses issues with flat, first come first served · DNS will be around for a long time · Allows companies to self-assign · Internationalized by default · Immediately readable · Leading dot clearly differentiates from SPDX standard names · Challenges · Doesn’t cary text · Companies’ names may change through M&A and may lose domains in the process · How to ensure that a company doesn’t change license text · Sentiment is in favor of · Retain “License Ref” prefix · Standardize on place to log license data · In a one-license SPDX doc · Mark will mock up with one of the Amazon licenses, collaborating with Kate Attendees[edit<https://wiki.spdx.org/index.php?title=General_Meeting/Minutes/2019-02-07&action=edit§ion=5>] · Phil Odence, Black Duck/Synopsys · Kate Stewart, Linux Foundation · Mark Atwood, Amazon · Jilayne Lovejoy · Gary O’Neall, SourceAuditor · Dennis Clark, NexB · Alexios Zavras, Intel · Jack Manbeck, TI · Mark Baushke, Juniper · David Ryan -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1217): https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/message/1217 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/29691604/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/leave/2655439/1698928721/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
