docs: switch to spdx license list

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Boris Kraut 2016-12-17 09:57:38 +01:00
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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2013 David Black
Copyright @copyright{} 2013, 2014, 2015 Daniel Martí Copyright @copyright{} 2013, 2014, 2015 Daniel Martí
Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Boris Kraut Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Boris Kraut
@quotation @quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@ -586,55 +586,9 @@ This is converted to (@code{<email>}) in the public index file.
@cindex license @cindex license
The overall license for the application, or in certain cases, for the The overall license for the application, or in certain cases, for the
source code only. source code only. Values should correspond to short identifiers of the
@uref{https://spdx.org/licenses/, SPDX} license list. In some cases an
Common values: older, non-standard naming scheme is still used.
@itemize @bullet
@item
@samp{GPLv2}
GNU GPL version 2
@item
@samp{GPLv2+}
GNU GPL version 2 or later
@item
@samp{GPLv3}
GNU GPL version 3
@item
@samp{GPLv3+}
GNU GPL version 3 or later
@item
@samp{GPL}
An unspecified GPL version. Use this only as a last resort or if there is
some confusion over compatiblity of component licenses: particularly the use of
Apache libraries with GPLv2 source code.
@item
@samp{AGPL}
Afferro GPL version 3.
@item
@samp{Apache2}
Apache 2
@item
@samp{MIT}
MIT X11 license
@item
@samp{BSD}
BSD license - the original '4-clause' version.
@item
@samp{NewBSD}
BSD license - the new, or modified, version.
@end itemize
This is converted to (@code{<license>}) in the public index file. This is converted to (@code{<license>}) in the public index file.