From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Oct 15 07:03:49 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D632410D178B for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 07:03:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de) Received: from dedi548.your-server.de (dedi548.your-server.de [85.10.215.148]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5688F87138; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 07:03:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de) Received: from [78.46.172.2] (helo=sslproxy05.your-server.de) by dedi548.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1gBwup-000693-4S; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:03:47 +0200 Received: from [82.135.62.35] (helo=mail.embedded-brains.de) by sslproxy05.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gBwuo-0000vP-Uo; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:03:46 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.embedded-brains.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABD9C2A0043; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:03:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.embedded-brains.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.eb.localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id pHy50XdZF-Xo; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:03:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.embedded-brains.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ADF22A165C; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:03:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.eb.localhost Received: from mail.embedded-brains.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.eb.localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id UZf53bMlJCZm; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:03:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from huber-nb-linux.suse (unknown [192.168.96.161]) by mail.embedded-brains.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 69EE12A0043; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:03:43 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Why SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD? To: Allan Jude , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <149f117b-bf85-0dce-e26c-c960ad93f7a4@freebsd.org> From: Sebastian Huber Message-ID: Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:03:44 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <149f117b-bf85-0dce-e26c-c960ad93f7a4@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Authenticated-Sender: smtp-embedded@poldinet.de X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 0.100.1/25038/Mon Oct 15 06:54:43 2018) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 07:03:50 -0000 On 15/10/2018 07:44, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2018-10-15 01:40, Sebastian Huber wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I noticed that a lot of files have this SPDX-License-Identifier: >> >> BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD >> >> I didn't find this identifier at https://opensource.org/licenses, e.g. >> >> https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD >> >> doesn't exist. I didn't find a difference to >> >> https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause >> >> What is the reason for this specialized identifier? >> > When opensource.org created their 'official' BSD license, they deviated > from the wording used in the real BSD license. > > The FreeBSD license specifically says "PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND > CONTRIBUTORS" and the OSI version says "PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT > HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS" > > There can be a significant difference between those two terms, making i= t > an entirely different license. In case the author of a FreeBSD source file is not the copyright holder,=20 then doesn't have FreeBSD a problem here? --=20 Sebastian Huber, embedded brains GmbH Address : Dornierstr. 4, D-82178 Puchheim, Germany Phone : +49 89 189 47 41-16 Fax : +49 89 189 47 41-09 E-Mail : sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de PGP : Public key available on request. Diese Nachricht ist keine gesch=C3=A4ftliche Mitteilung im Sinne des EHUG= .