From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mr5.vodafonemail.de (mr5.vodafonemail.de [145.253.228.165]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BAB963858C2C for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2022 08:43:09 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org BAB963858C2C 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 mr5.vodafonemail.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Mqtth0CdJz1y0S for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2022 08:43:07 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nexgo.de; s=vfde-smtpout-mb-15sep; t=1665909788; bh=fxyDzUTdLckVW/WYeRxXsp71NrbfXq5zbwYGhAPlEt0=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:User-Agent: Content-Type:From; b=lhBi6nyE7/084vLCB4o5clSREXonVuP+UhJ5N4hSAQehu3WPSG/RX2J2oOsk+S9b5 t0ZZlLg7b6+oMd9oWXdX0q3ayOk1GWCvmlVp/DlQiwlXO+BlHDTOylqUtimmsWIVTV KpoRDdrpzA8RhUXAv+goJhpq5chopE271oIcjvN8= Received: from Otto (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 4Mqttg1g5sz9w2v for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2022 08:43:04 +0000 (UTC) From: ASSI To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: LICENSE values for non-standard OSS licenses References: <20221011083723.5yxsgtgvooxsdx3m@lucy.dinwoodie.org> <871qrcexen.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <20221012185943.kucwn4xij7ray7d4@lucy.dinwoodie.org> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:42:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20221012185943.kucwn4xij7ray7d4@lucy.dinwoodie.org> (Adam Dinwoodie's message of "Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:59:43 +0100") Message-ID: <87edv817n2.fsf@Otto.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-purgate-type: clean X-purgate: clean X-purgate-size: 1847 X-purgate-ID: 155817::1665909787-F17D14DE-EFE1A79A/0/0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3031.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,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: [=E2=80=A6] > Both of these seem to say that "LicenseRef-inherit-git" and similar is > exactly the way to describe a license that isn't covered by the SPDX > License List, at least unless I'm grossly misunderstanding how > license-ref is defined in the ABNF and/or what the LICENSE value in the > cygport file is supposed to store. But then you either have to include the license "inherit-git" in full or explicitly link in the schema of this license, otherwise you're left with something that is syntactically valid, but meaningless. The whole purpose of the SPDX is to have an unambigous indication of the license, though. >> 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. > > Yes, that's true. I'm not a fan of making decisions for sub-licensees > that I don't need to make, though; under the same logic, there would be > no need for the "OR" syntax in SPDX at all... My point was that any Cygwin package as complex as Git is already prone to include files licensed differently and as long as we don't provide a license for each and every file (I'm not saying we should), then we already need to chose from the set of permissible licenses that overlap among each other and Cygwin. I don't see that as a drawback, as anyone can already go and fetch the upstream sources from the same point that we got it from (or even from the source package in Cygwin) and has the full freedom to do whatever those might allow in addition of what we've selected. Regards, Achim. --=20 +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf rackAttack: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds