[gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/licenses/

["Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>]

commit:     154ec2ccfa56445a518c2736851fd1573ecbec2a
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Apr  7 07:59:27 2020 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed May  6 14:22:05 2020 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=154ec2cc

general-concepts/licenses: Mention the SPDX list and its caveats.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 general-concepts/licenses/text.xml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml
index 24c9f02..9e3bb6d 100644
--- a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml
+++ b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml
@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ only do so if the license could be considered 'questionable' or if
 you are unsure as to the meaning of any part of it.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+When adding a new license, it should be checked whether there is an established
+name in the <uri link="https://spdx.org/licenses/">SPDX license list</uri>.
+However, Gentoo does not consider the Software Package Data Exchange to be an
+authoritative standard, so we may sometimes deviate from it, e.g., if their
+"short identifier" is excessively long. Also, we generally don't rename our
+existing identifiers.
+</p>
+
 </body>
 </section>