From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C82213835A for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 14:29:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C587AE096C; Wed, 6 May 2020 14:29:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACFE9E096C for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 14:29:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (unknown [IPv6:2a01:4f8:202:4333:225:90ff:fed9:fc84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95A1534F0A3 for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 14:29:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCA51BD for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 14:29:09 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1588774925.154ec2ccfa56445a518c2736851fd1573ecbec2a.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/licenses/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: general-concepts/licenses/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: general-concepts/licenses/ X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: 154ec2ccfa56445a518c2736851fd1573ecbec2a X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 14:29:09 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 2d271aaa-6427-4420-b4ab-756166831be0 X-Archives-Hash: ee71ddb70886bebe7d7c218ce3d0b5d8 commit: 154ec2ccfa56445a518c2736851fd1573ecbec2a Author: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> AuthorDate: Tue Apr 7 07:59:27 2020 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo 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 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.

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+When adding a new license, it should be checked whether there is an established +name in the SPDX license list. +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. +

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