Hi Alan, Your Firefox extension works really well. Thanks for this great tool!
Best, Till Am 14.01.21 um 22:26 schrieb Alan Tse: > Hi Mark, > > I’m also not sure of which SPDX tool you were using but I checked with > the browser extension spdx-license-diff > <https://github.com/spdx/spdx-license-diff> and I get a template match > to MIT since the extra part is optional as described by Steve. > > > > Of course if you do use the browser extension and you see missing > template matches with it (which I find occasionally), I’ll fix it if you > report it <https://github.com/spdx/spdx-license-diff/issues>. > > > > Alan > > > > *From: *<[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Winslow > <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 12:47 PM > *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Cc: *Kate Stewart <[email protected]>, "Atwood, Mark" > <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [spdx] "X.org Preferred License" > > > > *CAUTION:**This email originated from outside of Western Digital. Do not > click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and > know that the content is safe.* > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > The MIT license template on the license list [1] has the language > "(including the next paragraph)" as optional text, which is why that > part shows up in blue italics on the list [2]. > > > > I think that's what you're referring to, but let me know if I'm missing > something. > > > > Best, > > Steve > > > > [1] > https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/a32a839b7385c9a797a26fa45c6f6234947b7abe/src/MIT.xml#L22 > > [2] https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 3:19 PM Mark Atwood via lists.spdx.org > <http://lists.spdx.org> <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The "X.org Preferred License" documented at [ > https://www.x.org/archive/current/doc/xorg-docs/License.html ] is > the MIT > license with the additional text in the middle "(including the next > paragraph)". > > Our SPDX license matching tool is not locking onto it with 100%, but > instead > is showing it nearest edit distance to MIT. I've not yet dug in deeper, > but, > > Is the X.org variant in the SPDX database? > If not should we add it as an new license, or as matching rule > variant to > MIT? > > If its not in the database, I will start the legwork and paperwork > to add > it. > > ..m > > > Mark Atwood <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Principal, Open Source > +1-206-604-2198 > > > > > > > > > -- > > Steve Winslow > Director of Strategic Programs > The Linux Foundation > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1369): https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/message/1369 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/79685420/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/leave/2655439/1698928721/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
