General Meeting/Minutes/2019-07-11

• Attendance: 14
• Lead by Phil Odence
• Minutes of June meeting approved

Special Presentations - Xavier Figouoa/ Philip Ekong Obie, GSoC

• Python Library- Adding support for more formats
• Generating SPDX docs from IDs in code

Tech Team Report - Kate/Gary

• Spec
  • All known issues are addressed in 2.2
  • Under discussion:
    • Idea of a short format for copyrights ala license IDs from FSFE
      • Would be added as an appendix (like license IDs)
      • Could use a joint tech/legal teams call
    • Exploring branching strategy
    • Pared down version, defining minimal subset (from Japan work group)
      • Still SPDX compliant as it will utilize mandatory fields
      • Part of the spec
      • Important to communicate that; it’s not a fork
• Tools
  • GSoC
    • 8 projects total (a record)
    • Great progress, all passed first evaluations
  • Flurry of tooling work with the new license list
    • Better matching/copyright matching
    • License format improvements

Legal Team Report - Jilayne/Paul/Steve

• License List
  • 3.6 version went live yesterday
    • 10 new licenses and exceptions
    • Other mark up and doc updates
  • Attention now turning to 3.7
  • Other topics of discussion already covered.
• Namespace Project
  • Need to make clear the difference between LL and NS registry
  • NS is an option for rejected licenses
  • Could be a stop before being accepted

Outreach Team Report - Kate

• Shane has readied the survey
  • Based on input from Phil, Jack, Kate, Gary
  • Will go do the General Meeting mailing list

Cross Functional -

• Will designate one Tech Call per month to include Legal Team
  • Third one of the month
  • Starting next week

Attendees

• Phil Odence, Black Duck/Synopsys
• Jilayne Lovejoy, Canonical
• Steve Winslow, LF
• Gary O’Neall, SourceAuditor
• Kate Stewart, Linux Foundation
• Philippe Ombrédanne- nexB
• Alexios Zavras, Intel
• Michael Herzog- nexB
• David Ryan
• Dave McLaughlin, Rogue Wave
• Paul Madick, Dimension Data
• Mark Atwood, Amazon
• Xavier Figouoa
• Philip Ekong Obie