My vote is for #1 - The SPDX tools only uses the released license lists. If someone uses an ID before it is released, it may not pass validation.
I'm OK with #2 with the understanding that other tools may not understand the license ID's until the release. I'm very much not in favor of #3, - before merging, you may find issues in the CI checks for the license XML (e.g. the text matches an existing license). Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Spdx-legal@lists.spdx.org <Spdx-legal@lists.spdx.org> On Behalf Of J > Lovejoy > Sent: Monday, September 5, 2022 1:03 PM > To: SPDX-legal <spdx-legal@lists.spdx.org> > Subject: for discussion: when can people start using short ids? > > Hi all, > > From our last call, the subject of 'when can people start using short ids? ‘ > came up. This has been asked before on individual license submissions and we > have answered informally, but it might be helpful to have a more official > stance and document it somewhere. > > The options I can see are and my thoughts on each: > > 1) Once the new license and id appear on the SPDX License List after the next > release > JL: this can require a long wait, as our release cycle is quarterly. > Personally, I > think this is too long for many people who are motivated to start using the > short id (which is often why they have submitted a license to SPDX to begin > with) > > 2) Once the PR for the new license has been merged > JL: This makes a lot of sense, as once a PR has been merged, it’s HIGHLY > unlikely that something would change after that; it’s ostensibly waiting in > the > queue to become part of the official next release. Downside, is that creating > the files can take some time; on the other hand, if the submitter is really > in a > hurry, they have the ability to create the files themselves, and then it’s > just a > matter of an SPDX-legal person merging it. > > 3) Once the license submission has been noted as accepted in the Issue and all > the fields have been sorted using our new decision template > JL: This would be the earliest point in time, which might be nice for the > submitter, although it sort of frustrates any motivation for the submitter to > help with creating the PR. It would also mean more care taken before marking > a license as accepted, especially as relates to choosing a short id (not > necessarily a bad thing). We have occasionally realized things after the > Issue > is marked as accepted, in the making of the files for the PR, so this is the > risk > here. > > > Cheers, > Jilayne > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3237): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/message/3237 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/93487136/21656 Group Owner: spdx-legal+ow...@lists.spdx.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
