Hi Kyle,
Good point - I agree that we could improve how the deprecated message appears - especially if it is replaced by another ID. If there is general agreement to update the text, please open an issue or (better yet) a pull request in the LicenselistPublisher GitHub Repo <https://github.com/spdx/licenselistPublisher> . Couple of details: * The publisher is responsible for generating the web pages on each release. * It is driving from Mustache <http://mustache.github.io/> templates located here <https://github.com/spdx/LicenseListPublisher/tree/master/resources/htmlTemp late> . * The replacement ID may be found in the <https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/2fd5cb778d335e40e7839788a3fdc 197995b339c/schema/ListedLicense.xsd#L172C21-L172C36> "obsoletedByType" element, however: * This is a relatively new element and is likely not used by many of the license-list-XML files - we would probably need pull requests to add them in the deprecated licenses * I would need to check if this element is supported by the licenseListPublisher. If it isn't, I can add the functionality before the next release. Gary From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kyle Mitchell Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2023 12:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [spdx] GPLs Deprecated [??] 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. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1765): https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/message/1765 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/101547772/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/leave/2655439/21656/1698928721/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
