Jonas Smedegaard:
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DEP5 already encourages (but does not require) use of SPDX shortnames,
except where Debian and SPDX disagree on sensible naming.
See https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#spdx
and the historical notes at
https://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat#Differences_between_DEP5_and_SPDX
Do you have ideas on how to address the documented differences in naming
choices?
- Jonas
Is it really that valuable for us to have a delta here compared to what
upstream projects would use?
As I understand it, we are at worst talking `GPL-2.0-only` /
`GPL-2.0-or-later` (SPDX) vs `GPL-2` / `GPL-2+` (DEP-5). As much as I
might prefer the DEP-5 variant, I am struggling to see the advantage
outweigh the cost of divergence.
With my current knowledge, I would strongly be in favor of deprecating
the unique names for DEP-5 and encourage migration to fully compliant
SPDX names.
Best regards,
Niels
