From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omta001.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net (omta001.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net [3.97.99.32]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1903382CE0D for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2022 01:39:44 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org E1903382CE0D Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from shw-obgw-4002a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.228.9.250]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id 2aGkpcUetMsxD2jPUp6nUT; Wed, 07 Dec 2022 01:39:44 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.5] ([184.64.124.72]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id 2jPTpyuOOomIw2jPTpwz3y; Wed, 07 Dec 2022 01:39:44 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=LM91/ba9 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=638feee0 a=oHm12aVswOWz6TMtn9zYKg==:117 a=oHm12aVswOWz6TMtn9zYKg==:17 a=wWxrkrgXVDeLx27K:21 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=24AZYWMyAAAA:8 a=pZDQcMS7AAAA:8 a=wECf3xPYAAAA:8 a=RDPWCpjeqOG6PyUTIioA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=XVph6ibSE44aNfnlHGDp:22 a=bG88sKzkDEFeXWNnvthB:22 a=ASFzenCU2jlfK5-GQJ3J:22 a=ccNonjl4-tybilS9-zgM:22 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 18:39:43 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.5.1 Reply-To: Cygwin Patches Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a reference to the official SPDX License List Content-Language: en-CA From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software To: Cygwin Patches Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfNvA/v7Pl9X3lJDkSYwtNtEIDAqEa3OrB4aeKX+4djw9Z6CuMaHY6wMmewpEm/hs4yqojUMfbvtiScVOONqR3z4Xr0a3lm21b/hOJYl5+ybrwIT4c+ST 6HGcC1A60ftwr7kdXwfZNbxh85w2BVVG3dkLCjZhVbSl7mjmXQgnPoIpSlTBoWMueXnSpb+vR6lpLj6GlGAj1TxM8c6xWqBBJic= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1169.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,GIT_PATCH_0,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,KAM_SHORT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE,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: Spec link is already 404, so brittle, not necessarily current, and that licence list appendix is only informative and not current, so link to the actual current license list instead: https://spdx.org/licenses/ and provide a link to the generic current spec page which offers different formats: https://spdx.dev/specifications/#current-version with something like (hacked from previous email): diff --git a/packaging-hint-files.html b/packaging-hint-files.html --- a/packaging-hint-files.html +++ b/packaging-hint-files.html @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ version: version

- license is - a SPDX - license expression for the open source license(s) of the package + license is an SPDX + license expression + for the open source license(s) of the package source code.

-- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry