From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mr4.vodafonemail.de (mr4.vodafonemail.de [145.253.228.164]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA0C83858D38 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:59:09 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org DA0C83858D38 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=nexgo.de Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nexgo.de Received: from smtp.vodafone.de (unknown [10.0.0.2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mr4.vodafonemail.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4MngQ43NS4z1y07 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:59:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nexgo.de; s=vfde-smtpout-mb-15sep; t=1665597548; bh=wsXRkvfO4lNQtM7Lo6wOxXMDP0kovVcVbuQ523MM83Q=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:User-Agent: Content-Type:From; b=ZfHU+bxZMPYOcLCpsSjS7lXUXczGhCqlSFj3V5d+34g5A68kZevbVRK8RX1Dq//dX dHfVOVL07b1TsUEBjHllBR87NMv5UjFzhQ6/A3UVW4lnXHKsPkwnlyOEfMW/qPBHYX T3KmksFu8v5IQtMn25Jl5+4hnBhiJ6hjl1b5FNXE= Received: from Gertrud (p57b9d3f5.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [87.185.211.245]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.vodafone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4MngQ333lYz9s4w for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:59:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: LICENSE values for non-standard OSS licenses References: <20221011083723.5yxsgtgvooxsdx3m@lucy.dinwoodie.org> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:58:56 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20221011083723.5yxsgtgvooxsdx3m@lucy.dinwoodie.org> (Adam Dinwoodie's message of "Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:37:23 +0100") Message-ID: <871qrcexen.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-purgate-type: clean X-purgate: clean X-purgate-size: 2013 X-purgate-ID: 155817::1665597547-577FD404-EADDCB66/0/0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3031.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Adam Dinwoodie writes: > ERROR: invalid hints git-filter-repo-2.38.0-1-src.hint > ERROR: package 'git-filter-repo': errors in license expression: ['Unknown license key(s): LicenseRef-inherit-git, LicenseRef-inherit-libgit2, LicenseRef-inherit-libgit2-examples'] > ERROR: errors while parsing hints for package 'git-filter-repo' > ERROR: error parsing /sourceware/cygwin-staging/home/Adam Dinwoodie/noarch/release/git-filter-repo/git-filter-repo-2.38.0-1-src.hint > ERROR: error while reading uploaded arch noarch packages from maintainer Adam Dinwoodie > SUMMARY: 5 ERROR(s) > ``` > > So it looks like the issue is the way I've encoded the non-standard > licensing options. "LicenseRef-"(idstring) seems to be the way to > encode this sort scenario, per [1] and [2], but that doesn't seem to be > acceptable to calm. > > [1]: https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/other-licensing-information-detected/ > [2]: https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/SPDX-license-expressions/ As it should, since "inherit-git" or any of the other variations doesn't seem to be a valid license expression per the above. > Are there any suggestions about how to resolve this? I don't think I > can just use the standard license strings: even if we used GPL-2.0-only > in place of LicenseRef-inherit-git -- incorrect as that's the license > *currently* used by Git, but the license for git-filter-repo explicitly > incorporates any future OSS license Git might use -- that still leaves > the problem of LicenseRef-inherit-libgit2, which is currently GPL 2.0 > with an exception that's not covered by any of the SPDX standard > exceptions. Well I think you can, the license explicitely says you can chose any of them as you see fit, so you can pick one today and another tomorrow if you are so inclined. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Terratec KOMPLEXER: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KomplexerWaves