[PATCH] add a reference to the official SPDX License List

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca
Wed Dec 7 01:39:43 GMT 2022


Spec link is already 404, so brittle, not necessarily current, and that licence 
list appendix is only informative and not current, so link to the actual current 
license list instead:

	https://spdx.org/licenses/

and provide a link to the generic current spec page which offers different formats:

	https://spdx.dev/specifications/#current-version

with something like (hacked from previous email):

diff --git a/packaging-hint-files.html b/packaging-hint-files.html
--- a/packaging-hint-files.html
+++ b/packaging-hint-files.html
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ version: <i>version</i>
      <p>
-      <code>license</code> is
-      a <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/SPDX-license-expressions/">SPDX
-      license expression</a> for the <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/">open 
source license(s)</a> of the package
+      <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/"><code>license</code></a> is an SPDX
+      <a href="https://spdx.dev/specifications/#current-version">license 
expression</a>
+      for the open source license(s)</a> of the package
        source code.
      </p>
    </li>

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis			Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte			Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter	not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer	but when there is no more to cut
			-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


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