> On 12/19/17 21:55, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > >> > >>> On Dec 19, 2017, at 19:15, Rodney W. Grimes > >>> <free...@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Author: pfg > >>>> Date: Tue Dec 19 22:40:16 2017 > >>>> New Revision: 327005 > >>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327005 > >>>> > >>>> Log: > >>>> SPDX: These are fundamentally BSD-2-Clause. > >>>> > >>>> They just omit the introductory line and numbering. > >>> I again must assert that it would be better to not apply an SPDX than to > >>> apply one that is not an exact match for the license. > >>> > >>> > >> Not being a lawyer, I would normally agree, however: > > This isnt about any legal issue. > > > >> 1) SPDX IDs are only advisory: we always keep the exact license text, > >> which is what has legal value. > > And we should do our best to provide the most accurate advisory we can, > > and we know that this is not a direct copy of the BSD 2 clause, so making > > advice that it is, IMHO, would be poor advice. > > > >> 2) The license is detected by license scanners as BSD and it has two > >> clauses so the description fits. > > And a human reading it sees it reads like a 2 clause but does not match a 2 > > clause exactly so > > how do I trust any of this SPDX stuff as being done with some ration of > > sanity. > > > >> FWIW, according to SPDX lawyers, the numbering is not relevant and it > >> would appear to me that the phrase: > >> "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > >> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are > >> met:? doesn?t add any information to the two clauses, which read: > > Again, not a legal issue, an issue of this is not an exact BSD-2-Clause so I > > do not believe that we should tag it as such. Basically if we are doing > > this > > "close enough" thing it means the SPDX tags are actually pretty useless for > > anyone trying to do a legal evaluation cause they are just going have to > > completly redo what was done in adding the SPDX tags, and if that is the > > case we should seriously consider just what value do these have in the > > tree? > > > > > Indeed .. after having the change reviewed by someone objective, I have > reverted the change in r327040. > > Thanks for speaking up!
No problem, and I have now also read the guidlines and to a larger extent most of the SPDX spec so I am now also more informed. Thanks for going the extra mile to get clarification! > Pedro. -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
