On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Rodney W. Grimes < free...@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] > > On Mar 25, 2018 1:09 PM, "Benjamin Kaduk" <bjkf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am surprised that no one has yet quoted the commit message from r325966 > > when the first SPDX tags appear to have been added to base: > > > > We are gradually adopting the specification, noting > > that the tags are considered only advisory and do not, in any way, > > superceed or replace the license texts. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Here a SPDX tag is being used to stand in place, ie replace, the > license text. > > > (There was also some internal discussion around the same time, which I of > > course cannot quote here.) > > > > > > > > Right. For cases where both are present, the text controls. But when it's > > just there alone, there is no ambiguity. > > There is ambiguity, as your replacing the license text with a tag in > direct conflict with the documented status of SPDX tags. > That is a HUGE ambiguity. > > Your also creating a small handful of files that seem to be in conflict > with the projects standard MO for 25 years. > > Now, if you want to take this change to @developers as a proposal, and > actually get legal advice on the aspects of this, I am all ears, but please > do not just go making decisions that are contray to current practice > without that. As this may require a legal opinion and clarification I have asked on core@ rather than further discussion here or on the developers list. Mark _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
