From 1f8ce469a3ea3969e1cc5c1b025af43162f622e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boris Kolpackov Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 09:54:35 +0200 Subject: Update documentation with switch to SPDX license expression --- doc/manual.cli | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index 7d550ee..d524da0 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -700,60 +700,134 @@ The short description of the package. license: [; ] = [, ]* + = [:] + = other \ -The package license. The format is a comma-separated list of case-insensitive -license names under which this package is distributed. This list has the -\i{AND} semantics, that is, the user must comply with all the licenses -listed. To capture alternative licensing options use multiple \c{license} -values, for example: +The package license. The default license name scheme is +\l{https://spdx.org/licenses/ SPDX License Expression}. In its simplest form, +it is just an ID of the license under which this package is distributed. An +optional comment normally gives the full name of the license, for example: \ -license: LGPLv2.1, MIT -license: BSD3 +license: MPL-2.0 ; Mozilla Public License 2.0 \ -In the above example, the package can be used either under the BSD3 license or -both LGPLv2.1 and MIT. +The following table lists the most commonly used free/open source software +licenses and their SPDX license IDs: -For complex licensing schemes it is recommended to add comments as an aid to -the user, for example: +\ +MIT ; MIT License. + +BSD-2-Clause ; BSD 2-Clause \"Simplified\" License +BSD-3-Clause ; BSD 3-Clause \"New\" or \"Revised\" License +BSD-4-Clause ; BSD 4-Clause \"Original\" or \"Old\" License + +GPL-2.0-only ; GNU General Public License v2.0 only +GPL-2.0-or-later ; GNU General Public License v2.0 or later +GPL-3.0-only ; GNU General Public License v3.0 only +GPL-3.0-or-later ; GNU General Public License v3.0 or later + +LGPL-2.0-only ; GNU Library General Public License v2 only +LGPL-2.0-or-later ; GNU Library General Public License v2 or later +LGPL-2.1-only ; GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only +LGPL-2.1-or-later ; GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later +LGPL-3.0-only ; GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only +LGPL-3.0-or-later ; GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later + +AGPL-3.0-only ; GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only +AGPL-3.0-or-later ; GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later + +Apache-1.0 ; Apache License 1.0 +Apache-1.1 ; Apache License 1.1 +Apache-2.0 ; Apache License 2.0 + +MPL-1.0 ; Mozilla Public License 1.0 +MPL-1.1 ; Mozilla Public License 1.1 +MPL-2.0 ; Mozilla Public License 2.0 + +BSL-1.0 ; Boost Software License 1.0 + +Unlicense ; The Unlicense (public domain) +\ + +If the package is licensed under multiple licenses, then an SPDX license +expression can used to specify this, for example: + +\ +license: Apache-2.0 OR MIT +license: MIT AND BSD-2-Clause +\ + +A custom license or extra conditions can be expressed either using the license +reference mechanism of the SPDX license expression or using the \c{other} +scheme (described below). For example: + +\ +license: LicenseRef-My-MIT-Like; Custom MIT-alike license +license: other: MIT with extra attribution requirements +\ + +The \c{other} license name scheme can be used to specify licenses that are not +defined by SPDX. The license names in this scheme are free form with +case-insensitive comparison. The following names in this scheme have +predefined meaning: + +\ +other: public domain ; Released into the public domain +other: available source ; Not free/open source with public source code +other: proprietary ; Not free/open source +other: TODO ; License is not yet decided +\ + +\N|For new projects \l{https://unlicense.org The Unlicense} disclaimer with +the \c{Unlicense} SPDX ID is recommended over \c{other: public domain}.| + +To support combining license names that use different schemes, the \c{license} +manifest value can contain a comma-separated list of license names. This list +has the \i{AND} semantics, that is, the user must comply with all the licenses +listed. To capture alternative licensing options (the \i{OR} semantics), +multiple \c{license} manifest values are used, for example: \ -license: LGPLv2.1, MIT ; If linking with GNU TLS. -license: BSD3 ; If linking with OpenSSL. +license: GPL-2.0-only, other: available source +license: other: proprietary \ -To assist automated processing, the following pre-defined names should be -used for the common licenses: +For complex licensing situations it is recommended to add comments as an aid +to the user, for example: \ -MIT ; MIT License. -BSD2 ; Simplified 2-clause BSD License. -BSD3 ; New 3-clause BSD License. -BSD4 ; Original 4-clause BSD License. -GPLv2 ; GNU General Public License v2.0. -GPLv3 ; GNU General Public License v3.0. -LGPLv2 ; GNU Lesser General Public License v2.0. -LGPLv2.1 ; GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1. -LGPLv3 ; GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0. -AGPLv2 ; Affero General Public License v2.0. -AGPLv3 ; GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. -ASLv1 ; Apache License v1.0. -ASLv1.1 ; Apache License v1.1. -ASLv2 ; Apache License v2.0. -MPLv2 ; Mozilla Public License v2.0. +license: LGPL-2.1-only AND MIT ; If linking with GNU TLS. +license: BSD-3-Clause ; If linking with OpenSSL. +\ + +\N|For backwards compatibility with existing packages, the following +(deprecated) scheme-less values on the left are recognized as aliases for the +new values on the right: -public domain -available source ; Not free software/open source. -proprietary -TODO ; License is not yet decided. \ +BSD2 BSD-2-Clause +BSD3 BSD-3-Clause +BSD4 BSD-4-Clause +GPLv2 GPL-2.0-only +GPLv3 GPL-3.0-only +LGPLv2 LGPL-2.0-only +LGPLv2.1 LGPL-2.1-only +LGPLv3 LGPL-3.0-only +AGPLv3 AGPL-3.0-only +ASLv1 Apache-1.0 +ASLv1.1 Apache-1.1 +ASLv2 Apache-2.0 +MPLv2 MPL-2.0 -Note that just \c{BSD} is ambiguous and should be avoided. +public domain other: public domain +available source other: available source +proprietary other: proprietary +TODO other: TODO +\ -\N|An example of automated processing would be filtering for non-copyleft -licensed packages.| +| \h2#manifest-package-topics|\c{topics}| @@ -959,8 +1033,8 @@ build error notifications are sent to this email. \ [depends]: [?][*] [; ] - := [ '|' ]* - := [] + = [ '|' ]* + = [] \ The prerequisite packages. If the \c{depends} value start with \c{*}, then @@ -1096,8 +1170,8 @@ are treated the same): \ [requires]: [?] [] [; ] - := [ '|' ]* - := | + = [ '|' ]* + = | \ The package requirements (other than other packages). Such requirements are @@ -1203,9 +1277,9 @@ builds: -windows \ [builds]: [ ':' ] [] [; ] - := [ ]* - := [ ]* - := ('+'|'-'|'&')['!']( | '(' ')') + = [ ]* + = [ ]* + = ('+'|'-'|'&')['!']( | '(' ')') \ The package build configurations. They specify the build configuration classes -- cgit v1.1