trivial: adjust docs to clearly state that licenses are SPDX expressions #123

hsitter · 2017-07-13T15:05:11Z

Previously the doc was a bit ambiguous about the actual format employed
for licenses. The format expectation is the actual SPDX license expression
format as described in the SPDX specification.
Clearly state this and point to the specification URL for reference on the
format.

Additionally, while SPDX must be parsed as case-insensitive it's considered
best practice to use strict-casing in examples, so change to that.

Closes #122

Previously the doc was a bit ambiguous about the actual format employed for licenses. The format expectation is the actual SPDX license expression format as described in the SPDX specification. Clearly state this and point to the specification URL for reference on the format. Additionally, while SPDX must be parsed as case-insensitive it's considered best practice to use strict-casing in examples, so change to that. Closes ximion#122

ximion · 2017-07-16T10:43:52Z

Thanks!
The old text was a remnant from when our parser didn't yet support the full license expression syntax, but that has been fixed for years now.

ximion merged commit 0ce80d5 into ximion:master Jul 16, 2017

trivial: adjust docs to clearly state that licenses are SPDX expressions #123

trivial: adjust docs to clearly state that licenses are SPDX expressions #123

hsitter commented Jul 13, 2017

ximion commented Jul 16, 2017

trivial: adjust docs to clearly state that licenses are SPDX expressions #123

trivial: adjust docs to clearly state that licenses are SPDX expressions #123

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