Can a license be "DFSG approved"?

2017-10-26 Thread David Seaward
Hi, I noticed that SPDX [1] are in the process of flagging licenses as "FSF libre" and "OSI approved". Ideally, other third parties will also be able to flag licenses or provide APIs that do the same. I suggested DFSG flagging, and SPDX are interested in a machine- readable status list. [2] Is th

Re: Can a license be "DFSG approved"?

2017-10-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:53 PM, David Seaward wrote: > I suggested DFSG flagging, and SPDX are interested in a machine- > readable status list. [2] Is there such a thing? There is not such a thing. > I was also reminded of the comment below, and wondered in retrospect if > a flagging licenses a