Re: TR: SPDX standard: files are placed in public domain
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RUFFIN MICHEL
It is not a definite answer, but discussing with our people implementing the spec (marc-Etienne in cc)it seems that the checksums would be usefull to compare package between companies, but I do not see a need for the package tar name
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De : spdx-bounces@... [mailto:spdx-bounces@...] De la part de Kevin P. Fleming Envoyé : vendredi 15 juin 2012 23:06 À : spdx@... Objet : Re: TR: SPDX standard: files are placed in public domain On 06/15/2012 03:53 PM, Peter Williams wrote: On Fri Jun 15 14:40:49 2012, RUFFIN, MICHEL (MICHEL) wrote:I suspect that it may be at least partially based on the fact that theBut the question is what was the purpose of this initially?It is a excellent question. I have never understood this purpose of this SPDX file consists almost exclusively of data collected from original sources, and copyright law (at least as I've been told, I'm no lawyer) doesn't provide my copyright protection at all for aggregation of otherwise available data. In essence, an SPDX file may not adequately constitute a 'work of authorship' that warrants copyright protection, and thus there really wouldn't be a legitimate way to control its distribution via licensing. This is just a mildly educated guess late on a Friday afternoon, though. I could be 1000% off base :-) -- Kevin P. Fleming Digium, Inc. | Director of Software Technologies Jabber: kfleming@... | SIP: kpfleming@... | Skype: kpfleming 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA Check us out at www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org _______________________________________________ Spdx mailing list Spdx@... https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx |
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