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SPDX progress
by Miroslav Suchý 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

I was curious how many packages are already converted to SPDX. I downloaded all spec files and count how many of them contains "spdx" string (case insensitive). Assuming most packagers mention it either in changelog or in comment near License field. The string is in 347 out of 23155 spec files. That is less than 2% of packages. It is wild guess with many incorrect of assumtions, but I guess the order of magnitude is correct. That is just FYI. I will not do anything to progress faster, because `fedora-license-data` has enough issues (and mainly flow of new issues). Miroslav

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Is the Monkey's Audio license "good"?
by Neal Gompa 06 Oct '22

06 Oct '22

Hello, I recently read a thread about someone asking about adding the Monkey's Audio codec to openSUSE and it having an odd license[1], and I was thinking of bringing this to Fedora as well. However, the license[2] is confusing, and I'm not sure if it necessarily qualifies under Fedora's definition of good open source software[3]. If it is, what kind of license tag should be used, or should a new one be made for it? I'm leaning toward a new license tag, given that the terms look "special". Thanks in advance and best regards, Neal [1]: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/message… [2]: https://www.monkeysaudio.com/license.html [3]: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/license-approval/#_allowed_licen… -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth!

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legal October 2022