Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license

Luis Chamberlain
2022-05-25T23:54:19Z

On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 10:51:43PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, May 25 2022 at 09:57, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 11:22:36PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >> This paragraph is not really understandable for Joe Developer.
> >>
> >> copyleft-next-0.3.1 is explicitly compatible with GPLv2 (or later) and
> >> can therefore be used for kernel code. Though the best and recommended
> >> practice is to express this in the SPDX license identifier by
> >> licensing the code under both licenses expressed by the OR operator.
> >>
> >> Hmm?
> >
> > Let me try clarifying this further, how about:
> >
> > copyleft-next-0.3.1 is explicitly compatible with GPLv2 (or later) and
> > can therefore be used for kernel code. Despite this, if you use
> > copyleft-next-0.3.1 on Linux, the recommended practice is to express
> > dual licensing with GPL using in the SPDX license identifiers by
> > using by the OR operator.
>
> 'using in the ..' ?
>
> and
>
> 'by using by' is off by one 'by' :)
>
> I'm not seeing how that clarifies stuff further. I might be biased, but
> the version I suggested is crystal clear.

Oh sorry, I didn't realize the paragraph you posted was a suggestion, I
thought it was the one you were indicating needed further enhancement!

I'll just take yours then.

> >> > + To use the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license put the following SPDX tag/value
> >> > + pair into a comment according to the placement guidelines in the
> >> > + licensing rules documentation:
> >> > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR copyleft-next-0.3.1
> >> > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR copyleft-next 0.3.1
> >> > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ OR copyleft-next-0.3.1
> >> > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR copyleft-next-0.3.1
> >>
> >> Please don't propagate the GPL-2.0 and GPL-2.0+ tags. They are
> >> outdated (still valid) in the SPDX spec, which reminds me that I should
> >> update the relevant documentation...
> >
> > OK thanks for the recommendation, I'll leave it at:
> >
> > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR copyleft-next-0.3.1
>
> SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR copyleft-next-0.3.1
>
> please. See my previous reply quoted above.
>
> > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR copyleft-next-0.3.1

Sorry I hadn't had my coffee yet so I should only list:

SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR copyleft-next 0.3.1
SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR copyleft-next-0.3.1

Will do this on the next spin.

Luis