Linux Kernel is using SPDX Identifiers
“Observers of the kernel’s commit stream or mailing lists will have seen a certain amount of traffic referring to the addition of SPDX license identifiers to kernel source files. For...
Asitha de Silva
SPDX Document One Page Overview
Weeve created a short one (okay it’s two) page Overview of an SPDX Document and its fields. It is also posted on the Specifications page and in the Library.
FSFE Recommends License Identifiers as part of Project REUSE
The FSFE has recommended the use of SPDX License Identifiers as part of Project Reuse. FSFE REUSE website REUSE video (mentions the identifiers)
SPDX Could Help Organizations Better Manage Their Thickets of Open Source Licenses
This is a great article on SPDX and answers a lot of common questions people have: “SPDX Could Help Organizations Better Manage Their Thickets of Open Source Licenses“, by Swapnil Bhartiya.
Move to GitHub Complete for Tools
Our transition of the Tools repositories from the Linux Foundation to GitHhub is now complete. You may start using the repos there.
SPDX meeting at the Leadership Conference, 16 February 2017
SPDX will be meeting at the Linux Foundation 2017 Leadership Summit, being held 14-16 Februrary 2017. Information on the summit including hotels, travel and so forth is located here: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-leadership-summit...
SPDX Tools moving to GitHub
On Jan. 29, we will be moving the primary repository for the SPDX tools and License List from git.spdx.org over to github.com/spdx. this change will allow us to take better...
SPDX Plugfest at LinuxCon Europe 6 October 2016
The SPDX tech team will be hosting an SPDX Tools BakeOff at LinuxCon Europe on 6 October 2016. Particpation can be remote by phone or in person. The Bake-off (aka Plugfest) will focus...
We could use your help
These are critical areas where we could use help from the community right now: Describing examples showing how to use SPDX to document relationships. Work will be done on our...
Lei Maohui of Fujitsu talks about their use of SPDX
“A Smart Way to Manage OSS Compliance with Yocto+SPDX “by Lei Maohui, Fujitsu, given at LinuxCon Japan 2016.
