On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 9:15 PM Hen <flame...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi SPDX folk, > Over at Apache, I'm looking to remove the "How to apply" Appendix from the > canonical Apache 2.0 text and instead move that content to a FAQ. > I see this came up a few years ago ( > https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1302 ) and it sounds like > this won't affect SPDX, but I wanted to let you know first before charging on > and making the change. > My thinking is to change the primary text, then send a note around to Apache > projects to encourage them to do the same over time. I imagine it will take > years before it's the norm not to have it, but that doesn't stop it being a > good thing to do.
This section of the reference text is often enough customized by projects (including Apache's own projects) leading to quite a few too many variants of full license text in the wild so I am all for it. Would this shortened text then be called an Apache 2.1 license? ;) -- Cordially Philippe Ombredanne -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2396): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/message/2396 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/26867657/21656 Group Owner: spdx-legal+ow...@lists.spdx.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
