On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 3:54 PM Fabio Valentini <decatho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I'm currently working on packaging cargo-deny, and it includes (a very > old version) of a compressed form of the SPDX license data from > https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data. > > The package needs the SPDX license-list-data in a format that can be > read by "askalono", and it is used to match unknown license files with > licenses known to SPDX. I was able to include a new version of that > data by rebuilding that compressed blob from the SPDX > license-list-data on GitHub. > > However, I could not determine under which license terms this data is > made available. The repository for spdx/license-list-data only states > that all contents are automatically generated from > https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML, which itself specifies no > license for the data, either. > > I assume this data is redistributable *somehow*? The documentation > explains how to *use* the data for various purposes, but not which > license (if any) applies to it. > > Note that the existing askalono-cli package also bundles this data, > which seems to have been missed during the original package review. I > will apply any necessary changes both to cargo-deny (which is still > being reviewed) and askalono-cli. > I *think* SPDX's position is that anything copyrightable (created by the SPDX project) that's in https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML is under CC0 (er, CC0-1.0). See: https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/1044 https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/986 But Jilayne would have the authoritative answer :) Richard
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