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Question about license identifier #7942
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@capfei Thank you for raising this issue! I'm not sure if that adds any clarity… please see: #1507 which references the origin of that discrepancy https://web.archive.org/web/20190323004036/https://effbot.org/zone/copyright.htm. Also let's ask @tieguy to comment. In an already-confusing-environment, it may be "more clear" to retain the historical HPND license. |
The PIL licence is closer to MIT-CMU than HPND. PIL vs. HPND: PIL vs. MIT-CMU: |
Yeah, I validated this now with an automated tool (eyeballed it when we did this yearrrrrs ago) and it indeed more correctly labeled as MIT-CMU. Sorry for the extra work, @aclark4life ! |
No trouble at all, but just so I understand:
At least that's my current understanding. Either way, the answer to questions like this one are still the same: comply with the terms of the license! I mean this is pretty clear whatever you call it:
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Yes, let's update HPND -> MIT-CMU. However, there is no Trove classifier for MIT-CMU: We can request a new classifier by opening an issue: https://pypi.org/help/#new-classifier However, most of the others, like MIT and HPND, have "OSI Approved" in the classifier and can be found on the OSI website, but I don't see MIT-CMU: https://opensource.org/license?ls=CMU Approval is consensus-based via a mailing list and takes 60 days: https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process They also have another list to ask advice before proposing. I expect MIT-CMU should be fine as a legacy licence and due to its similarity to HPND? @aclark4life Would you like to take care of this, check the criteria are met, and draft something up? It's 77 days until the next release, a bit tight but not impossible! TODO:
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The license states HPND and I saw a PR from last year to get that text to match closer to what is listed on SPDX. However, I see that the Pillow license text actually matches what SPDX calls MIT-CMU (https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-CMU.html) because of the additional text that is not included in HPND:
For clarity, would it make sense to change
Like PIL, Pillow is licensed under the open source HPND License
to be MIT-CMU or maybe add the SPDX identifier to the license?SPDX Identifier: MIT-CMU
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