SPDX Readies a New Specification for License and Copyright Reporting
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Bruce Byfield covers the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) project: "What’s the need for SPDX? To start with, as Kate Stewart, a project coordinator and leader of the SPDX technical team observes, many commercial products require an accurate bill of materials. When free software is bundled with products, developers must describe the contents accurately to avoid incompatible licenses and to ensure that the copyright notices required by each license are included in a product."