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spdx / LicenseListPublisher

Tool that generates license data found in the license-list-data repository from the license-list-XML source
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Clarify that the license identifier is deprecated #127

Closed jgneff closed 2 years ago

jgneff commented 2 years ago

Clarify that the license identifier, and not the license itself, is deprecated. The current text is confusing.

The Ubuntu Software app links directly from the SPDX license identifier of an application to the page for the identifier on the SPDX website. The text on the page of a deprecated license identifier could lead one to believe that the license itself is deprecated in favor of some other license, yet the text actually means that just the identifier is deprecated.

For example, see the GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Classpath exception which states, "This license has been deprecated since license list version 2.0rc2."

jgneff commented 2 years ago

This problem is similar to Issue #22. I'll submit a pull request shortly.

jgneff commented 2 years ago

Note that a bug in the Ubuntu Software application prevents Snap and Debian packages from using the new non-deprecated license expressions instead of the old deprecated license identifiers. The bug is "snap-store says an app is proprietary while it's free." For more details, see my latest comment on the bug report.

jgneff commented 2 years ago

Note: I'm just waiting for the actual text on the Web page to show the fix before closing this issue.

jgneff commented 2 years ago

Is there a way to regenerate the website so that this fix takes effect? The fix was merged a couple months ago, but the webiste still has the old text. See GNU General Public License v2.0 w/Classpath exception. Let me know if there's something I can do to help.

goneall commented 2 years ago

@jgneff I'll need to produce a release of the LicenseListPublisher which will get picked up in the next release of the license list. I'm currently traveling with very limited network bandwidth - once I'm back on dry land in 3 or 4 days, I'll publish the release of the LicenseListPublisher.

goneall commented 2 years ago

@jgneff I just created a new release and a PR to update the license list publisher version for the next release of the SPDX license list (https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/pull/1440). It should get updated on the next regular release.

cc: @swinslow

swinslow commented 2 years ago

Thank you @goneall and @jgneff -- this is now merged in license-list-XML, and will be updated on the website as of the 3.17 release (which is targeted for the end of April).