2015-07-09 16:49 GMT+02:00 Richard Fontana <rfont...@redhat.com>: > On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 04:41:00PM +0200, Haďkel wrote: >> From my PoV, the abbreviation system is already an improvement, >> if it's commonly shared with other distros (and Suse already switched to it). > > I don't see how it's an improvement if the underlying meaning of the > abbreviations is not standardized. Does "BSD" as an abbreviation mean > the same thing in Suse as it does in Fedora? I don't know but I am > skeptical. >
If it weren't then it would have no meaning at all. A nomenclature has no interest if there's no common definition! > If the underlying meaning of the abbreviations is not itself > standardized, then (for purposes of the distros) the SPDX abbreviation > system is a pseudo-standard and I would expect or at least hope the > SPDX group would oppose the watering-down of the meaning of any aspect > of the standard. > > The only possible benefit I see is a psychological one: Fedora > participants would be able to convince themselves that Fedora was > using a standard and enjoy the good feeling that I gather is > associated with that even though in reality there would be no > standard. > > RF -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
