2015-07-09 14:24 GMT+02:00 Richard Fontana <rfontana at redhat.com>: The attached spreadsheet compares the SPDX license identifiers with the short form used by Fedora. The first tab contains the SPDX License List v2.1 and shows the equivalent short form identifiers in Fedora. At this point, there are probably more short forms alike than different, as the SPDX legal team has been working very hard to make sure there is coverage of the licenses Fedora cares about and differences are minimized. Over 80 license short forms from Fedora's good list were added last year by the legal team. The second tab is a list of all the Fedora licenses (from the good list) that are not on the SPDX license list, with some comments. We are certainly willing to re-consider adding them if you'd like to join us (or email the list), helping to clarify some of the ambiguities. For those that prefer, a google sheet with the same information can be found at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LUJuzGKC5K2yYuAg8S-2VYbS2dmg_4IlF... Challenge is that common organic community practices vary from one community to another, and have been changing over time. A goal of the SPDX license list is to reduce the ambiguity as to which specific version of a license is meant. The license list itself builds on the work that Fedora started, making it easier for the developers to accurately and unambiguously identify specific licenses. The template for each license in the list that we ended up adopting is actually based on some of Tom's excellent recommendations from 2010. We welcome further constructive suggestions on how to bridge any remaining gaps with the Fedora license list to spdx-legal at lists.spdx.org. Information on historical discussions of what is included, as well as the thinking behind the discussion is documented in the team's weekly minutes, can be found on http://wiki.spdx.org/view/Legal_Team for those interested. Kate