Hello SPDX LegalTeam,I am an RSE working at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam, Germany. I am involved in working groups in Helmholtz that deal with Research Software Engineering aspects, and am also the maintainer of the Helmholtz Research Software Directory (https://helmholtz.software). We generally encourage the usage of SPDX identifiers for software.
I noticed that there exists one identifier for EUPL-1.1 [1] and EUPL-1.2 [2] respectively, although the licenses specify that code can be redistributed also under later versions of that license unless it is explicitly stated otherwise. Here is an example from EUPL-1.2 (clause 5, "Copyleft clause"):
> If the Licensee distributes or communicates copies of the Original Works or Derivative Works, this Distribution or Communication will be done under the terms of this Licence or of a later version of this Licence unless the Original Work is expressly distributed only under this version of the Licence — for example by communicating 'EUPL v. 1.2 only'.
The GPL licenses are separated into "-only" and "-or-later" identifiers. Is there a specific reason why this was not applied to the EUPL identifiers? Would it be possible to replace the existing identifiers with EUPL-1.x-only and EUPL-1.x-or-later identifiers?
The EUPL-1.0 is not affected. Kind regards, Christian Meeßen [1] EUPL-1.1: https://spdx.org/licenses/EUPL-1.1.html [2] EUPL-1.2: https://spdx.org/licenses/EUPL-1.2.html -- Dr. Christian Meeßen eScience Center Tel: +49 (0)331 6264-1983 Email: christian.mees...@gfz-potsdam.de _____________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ Stiftung des öff. Rechts Land Brandenburg Telegrafenberg A70/320, 14473 Potsdam -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1844): https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/message/1844 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/105731993/21656 Group Owner: spdx+ow...@lists.spdx.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/leave/2655439/21656/1698928721/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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