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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: "Matija Šuklje" <matija@××××××.name>
Cc: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>, gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>, licenses@g.o, qa <qa@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Solving the problem of huge number of wrong LICENSES=*GPL-[23]
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 22:42:00
Message-Id: robbat2-20180826T223003-124382163Z@orbis-terrarum.net
1 On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 09:43:03PM +0200, Matija Šuklje wrote:
2 > It is worth noting that the SPDX standard (since 3.0) has indeed changed
3 > for the *GPL family of licenses
4 I've been wondering if we can switch outright to using SPDX-based
5 expressions inside our USE-flag conditionals.
6
7 For the entries we have in licenses/ that are not presently covered by
8 SPDX licenses or exceptions, we'll need additions*, but it will shrink
9 the licenses directory significantly.
10
11 * We have some open-source exceptions & closed-source licenses that are not in SPDX
12 --
13 Robin Hugh Johnson
14 Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
15 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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