I noticed that spdx.org license pages for GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, and AGPL-3.0 now
start with big red deprecation notices:
> Deprecated
>
> This license identifier has been deprecated since license list version 3.0.
I'm concerned that newer readers will take away the wrong message: that these
*licenses* have been deprecated by SPDX in some broader sense than "use a
different ID".
Perhaps these deprecation notices could...?
1. start "License Identifier ${id} is Deprecated" instead of just
"Deprecated", to give more context to those who only read the big header
2. mention which new IDs they've been deprecated in favor of
3. include an extra paragraph like "Only the use of the license *identifier*
is deprecated. Use of the license is not."
4. dial the color down to something less jarring, perhaps complementary orange
I confirmed that intuitive Web searches like "spdx gpl", "spdx gpl 3", and so
on reliably list the pages for GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, and AGPL-3.0, rather than
-only, -or-later, or +, as top results. Google, DuckDuckGo, and Bing all
responded similarly. I've linked to those pages for GPL license texts in the
past, and know of a few other systems that link to them, as well. The short GPL
IDs remain prevalent in package metadata.
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