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