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− | + | ==Issue== | |
− | + | See also: [https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1050 bug #1050] | |
− | + | The legal working group track whether each license has been approved by the OSI. That information should be published as part of the official license list. | |
− | + | ==Proprosal== | |
− | + | Add a boolean <code>isOsiApproved</code> property to the <code>License</code> class to indicated whether the OSI has approved the license. Update the license list web site to display this information and annotate it with RDFa so that the information is machine readable. | |
− | + | =='''Detailed Changes'''== | |
− | + | * Add the following text to the [http://spdx.org/rdf/terms#License License class definition section] of the RDF terms documentation: | |
− | + | * isOsiApproved | |
− | + | Cardinality: Mandatory, one | |
− | * isOsiApproved | + | * Add the following text to the properties section of the RDF terms documentation immediately preceding the <code>licenseComments</code> section: |
− | + | Property: isOsiApproved | |
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− | </ | + | Indicates if the Open Source Initiative has approved the |
+ | license as being an open source license. A link to the OSI | ||
+ | license page for this license should be provided use the | ||
+ | seeAlso property when this property is affirmative. | ||
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+ | stable | ||
+ | Domain: | ||
+ | License | ||
+ | Range: | ||
+ | xsd:boolean | ||
+ | * Updated license list web site generator to display "Is OSI approved" after the "Other web pages for this license" info in the header block of license details pages. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:46, 7 March 2013
Status: open
Issue
See also: bug #1050
The legal working group track whether each license has been approved by the OSI. That information should be published as part of the official license list.
Proprosal
Add a boolean isOsiApproved
property to the License
class to indicated whether the OSI has approved the license. Update the license list web site to display this information and annotate it with RDFa so that the information is machine readable.
Detailed Changes
- Add the following text to the License class definition section of the RDF terms documentation:
* isOsiApproved Cardinality: Mandatory, one
- Add the following text to the properties section of the RDF terms documentation immediately preceding the
licenseComments
section:
Property: isOsiApproved Indicates if the Open Source Initiative has approved the license as being an open source license. A link to the OSI license page for this license should be provided use the seeAlso property when this property is affirmative. Status: stable Domain: License Range: xsd:boolean
- Updated license list web site generator to display "Is OSI approved" after the "Other web pages for this license" info in the header block of license details pages.