Re: Licensing of licenses

Quoting [email protected] (2026-05-17 10:52:25)
> Hello Jonas
> 
> Am 17.05.2026 10:46 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard:
> > Quoting [email protected] (2026-05-17 10:07:16)
> >> The decision about compliance goes to "reuse-tool" and is not the job
> >> of "spdx2debian".
> > 
> > If I understand the situation correctly, then "spdx2debian" generally
> > proxies and reformats facts generated by "reuse-tool",
> 
> If I understand your comment correct, yes.
> 
> > but then chooses
> > to additionally fabricate a fact about the file debian/copyright for a
> > more polished result.
> 
> Yes, that is a dirty workaround. I am glad this discussion came up. And 
> I hope we find a better solution I can my tool adapt to. I am not happy 
> about the current behavior of my tool. It is also quit young.

Thanks for confirming my guess.

I can recommend to prominently document such dirty workarounds:
users choosing a license checking tool due to it seemingly resolving a
more "final" result shold know if really they are picking a dirtier
tool than e.g. licensecheck.

Thanks for your work on this - sorry if I come across as dismissive,
that is unintended.

Kind regards,

 - Jonas

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