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<p>Created page with &quot;* Attendance: 12 * Lead by Phil Odence * Minutes of June meeting approved == Guest Presentation - Anna Buhman == * Goals: Integrate GitHub with SPDX ** Auto Generation **...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>* Attendance: 12<br /> * Lead by Phil Odence<br /> * Minutes of June meeting approved <br /> <br /> <br /> == Guest Presentation - Anna Buhman ==<br /> <br /> * Goals: Integrate GitHub with SPDX<br /> ** Auto Generation<br /> ** And kept up to date<br /> ** Therefore easier to use<br /> * Uses<br /> ** Repo admin sets up<br /> ** Or non admin or someone outside could generate as well<br /> ** Perhaps on a portion of the code<br /> * How it works<br /> ** Scans using an open source scanner with every change<br /> ** Creates doc and a pull request for updated doc which human must approve<br /> *** anticipates needing some human modifications<br /> ** Above is working today<br /> * Future modifications<br /> ** Rather than replacing, combing with old version to retain human mods<br /> ** Email notification of new docs<br /> ** User-selectable license scanner<br /> * Project comments<br /> ** Learning lots about different kinds of software<br /> *** Example, learning about controlling GitHub with Python code<br /> ** SPDX seemed very complicated at first<br /> ** But understanding licensing she understands the requirements<br /> ** Work so far is on GitHub in the SPDX area; Wiki too<br /> * Questions:<br /> ** How to keep from overwriting human modifications?<br /> *** Compare section by section and default to original giving a human the choice<br /> ** When will a demo be available?<br /> *** Maybe on a future call<br /> <br /> <br /> == Tech Team Report - Kate/Gary ==<br /> <br /> * Spec source is now on GitHub, versioned, etc,<br /> ** Big thanks to Thomas Steenbergen<br /> ** Working out permissions/process modifications<br /> ** Looking at how to link to from spdx.org<br /> * Have been working through the topics for the next rev<br /> * Tooling<br /> ** Summer of Code students have been giving updates<br /> *** Gitter account set up wth lots of good conversations<br /> *** Great progress overall<br /> <br /> <br /> == Legal Team Report - Jilayne/Paul ==<br /> <br /> * Good last few calls<br /> * XML Format<br /> ** Gary set up a we to view previews<br /> ** Down to last few files<br /> * Discussion about Linus’ note about GPL<br /> ** Linus tried to clarify what it applied to our not<br /> *** explicit about user space not subject to being a derivative work<br /> ** Not calling it a license exception, per se, but will likely be treated as we treat exceptions<br /> ** Not a clear way to represent; working on that now<br /> ** There had been two versions, but that was cleaned up<br /> * Some chatter on mailing list about how we identify “only” as in GPL 2.0 Only<br /> ** Problem: We are explicit about “or later” but not about “only”<br /> ** Working with FSF who would prefer: GPL-2.0-Only<br /> ** Considering modifications to the expression language<br /> <br /> <br /> == Outreach Team Report - Jack ==<br /> <br /> * Michael working on umbrella project page for Git<br /> ** Idea is to be an SPDX home for developers<br /> * Working on a write up of goals for tools etc. <br /> ** Kate working on it.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Attendees ==<br /> <br /> * Phil Odence, Black Duck<br /> * Kate Stewart, Linux Foundation<br /> * Jack Manbeck, TI<br /> * Gary O’Neall, SourceAuditor<br /> * Anna Buhman, UNO<br /> * Paul Madick, Dimension Data<br /> * Michael Herzog- nexB<br /> * Thomas Steenbergen, HERE<br /> * Bradlee Edmondson, Harvard<br /> * Jilayne Lovejoy, ARM<br /> * Robin Gandhi, UNO<br /> * Georg Link, UNO<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:General|Minutes]]<br /> [[Category:Minutes]]</div>

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