On Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 11:48 Miro Hrončok <mhron...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 26. 06. 24 5:59, Richard Fontana wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 7:20 PM Miro Hrončok <mhron...@redhat.com> > wrote: > >> > >> On 25. 06. 24 22:50, Miroslav Suchý wrote: > >>> Dne 25. 06. 24 v 1:09 odp. Miro Hrončok napsal(a): > >>>> > >>>> Could you make the comment something like this? > >>>> > >>>> # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2 > >>>> # TODO check if there are other licenses to be listed > >>>> License: GPL-2.0-only > >>> > >>> We (the Change owners) discussed this on a meeting today. And we > agreed on output: > >>> > >>> # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2 > >>> # TODO convert to correct SPDX identifier > >>> # See > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/update-existing-packages/ > >>> License: LicenseRef-Callaway-GPLv2 > >>> > >>> This is valid SPDX identifier. But not on the list of Fedora's allowed > >>> licenses, so any QA tool will remind you to check the license. > >>> > >>> What do you think? > >> > >> I don't understand what is the benefit of doing this at all. Sorry. > > > > The benefit I see is that it immediately causes all license tags to > > conform to the SPDX license expression standard, while also making it > > very clear what parts of those license expressions are actually legacy > > elements that have to be examined and replaced. (This assumes we > > wouldn't use `LicenseRef-Callaway-` for any other purpose.) > > What is the benefit of that outcome? > > I understand the benefit of SPDX in general. > > I don't understand the benefit of converting everything to custom > LicenseRef > identifiers. > > We are already making it clear that the expressions are legacy by... being > legacy. > > Clearly, I must miss something. What do we *gain* by causing all license > tags > to conform to the SPDX license expression standard despite actually just > using > the old tag with extra boilerplate? > > I am not trying to fight this decision, I am genuinely confused: What it > is > that makes us hurry this. Why cannot we keep the gradual conversion? > To make managers or scrum masters happy? I don't know either ... Fabio > -- > Miro Hrončok > -- > Phone: +420777974800 > Fedora Matrix: mhroncok > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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