Re: [spdx] SPDX License List license inclusion guidelines

2020-03-25 Thread J Lovejoy
Hi Kyle, Thanks for having a look. As to your question: we had a discussion on one of the many calls we discussed this topic and ran the hypothetical of what if there were no “rules” or the rules were very relaxed. One extreme might look like this: anyone can add a license, any time and the

Re: [spdx] SPDX License List license inclusion guidelines

2020-03-13 Thread Kyle Mitchell
All, I am both impressed by the work Jilayne and others have put into the guidelines, and in strong sympathy with the general thrust Philippe reports from the conference. I didn't go to FOSDEM, but judging from Philippe's notes, I wouldn't have had much else to add. I keep returning to the

Re: SPDX License List license inclusion guidelines

2020-03-13 Thread Kyle Mitchell
William, Sorry to air-drop into this conversation. I've been lurking fairly reliably, but have been too slammed to keep an active voice in all the various places where people are typing. Is there any kind of summary or similarly short, approachable artifact you could point me to for the current

Re: SPDX License List license inclusion guidelines

2020-03-12 Thread J Lovejoy
Philippe, Did you actually read the proposed draft? It’s has more clarity as to key and practical aspects we already look for (e.g., stable license text) and relaxes the must-be-free requirement we have been operating under. And what William said. I’m not sure what your specific concern is.

Re: SPDX License List license inclusion guidelines

2020-03-12 Thread William Bartholomew
Philippe, I agree with you but I think it is orthogonal, the SPDX license inclusion guidelines would govern what goes in the official SPDX license namespace, it does not restrict what could go into other license namespaces (which would be implemented by the other proposal currently being

Re: SPDX License List license inclusion guidelines

2020-03-12 Thread Philippe Ombredanne
Hi Jilayne: On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 12:59 PM J Lovejoy wrote: > I’m sending this to both the legal and general mailing lists to ensure > greatest visibility. The legal team has come up with a final draft of the > license inclusion guidelines based on various conversations and feedback > over

SPDX License List license inclusion guidelines

2020-03-12 Thread J Lovejoy
Hi all, I’m sending this to both the legal and general mailing lists to ensure greatest visibility. The legal team has come up with a final draft of the license inclusion guidelines based on various conversations and feedback over the past 8 months of intermittent discussion. The pull