More directly draw attention to rest of list #1826
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Before this change, there was an awkward and slightly incorrect part of the FAQ [1]. It was trying to draw attention to specific parts of the License List Web page that typically get ignored [2]. This replaces that part of the FAQ with a more direct call out. Hopefully, this will make people pay more attention to those parts of the License List. This change also removes an invalid link. [1]: <spdx#1809 (comment)> [2]: <spdx#1809 (comment)>
The SPDX License List FAQ [1] tries to draw attention to the information written before the tables on the SPDX License List Web page [2]. The FAQ does this for a reason: “This is based on my observation that many people seem to view the webpage at https://spdx.org/licenses/ - and just look at the list (literally) there, skipping over the other information at the top of the page that explains context, bigger picture, etc.” [3] At the moment, the FAQ tries to draw attention to those sections in an awkward and slightly incorrect way [4]. This commit gives those sections anchors so that spdx/license-list-XML#1826 can add direct links to them. [1]: <https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/main/DOCS/faq.md> [2]: <https://spdx.org/licenses/> [3]: <spdx/license-list-XML#1809 (comment)> [4]: <spdx/license-list-XML#1809 (comment)>
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hey @Jayman2000 - thanks for this again... but I still want to keep the list of bullets... we really can't draw enough attention to the larger context in every place possible. Of course, that does mean having to update links in various places, but I think that's better than people skipping this stuff (which they do anyway...) As to the version number on the main SPDX License List page - when the next release is pushed, that gets updated as part of that. so no added "to-do" for that. :) |
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Thanks @Jayman2000! I merged #1835 which I think addresses the item you raised here -- thanks for bringing this up and helping to clarify it! |
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Just a note - spdx/LicenseListPublisher#154 is already merged. It doesn't look like the new tags will be used, but I'll leave those tags in unless someone wants to create a PR to remove. Also - I'm having trouble publishing a new version of the app due to some issues with the OSI website - see spdx/LicenseListPublisher#155 for more info |
Before this change, there was an awkward and slightly incorrect part of the FAQ. It was trying to draw attention to specific parts of the License List Web page that typically get ignored.
This replaces that part of the FAQ with a more direct call out. Hopefully, this will make people pay more attention to those parts of the License List.
This change also removes an invalid link.
This PR depends on another PR. Before this one is merged, the following needs to happen:
Until those things happen, the links that this PR adds won’t work properly.
This PR is an alternative to #1809.