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commit: 154ec2ccfa56445a518c2736851fd1573ecbec2a |
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Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Tue Apr 7 07:59:27 2020 +0000 |
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Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Wed May 6 14:22:05 2020 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=154ec2cc |
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general-concepts/licenses: Mention the SPDX list and its caveats. |
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Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> |
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general-concepts/licenses/text.xml | 9 +++++++++ |
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1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) |
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diff --git a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml |
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index 24c9f02..9e3bb6d 100644 |
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--- a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml |
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+++ b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml |
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@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ only do so if the license could be considered 'questionable' or if |
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you are unsure as to the meaning of any part of it. |
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</p> |
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+<p> |
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+When adding a new license, it should be checked whether there is an established |
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+name in the <uri link="https://spdx.org/licenses/">SPDX license list</uri>. |
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+However, Gentoo does not consider the Software Package Data Exchange to be an |
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+authoritative standard, so we may sometimes deviate from it, e.g., if their |
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+"short identifier" is excessively long. Also, we generally don't rename our |
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+existing identifiers. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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