REUSE July 2024

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REUSE Specification v3.2 released
by Carmen Bianca BAKKER 03 Jul '24

03 Jul '24

Hi REUSE mailing list, Today, version 3.2 of the REUSE Specification has been released. It can be found at <https://reuse.software/spec-3.2>. Version 3.2 contains many small improvements compared to the previous version released in 2019[^1], but the biggest change is an adjustment to order of precedence of information, and a new format (REUSE.toml) to replace DEP5 as used in REUSE. The new format is easier to write and parse, and is better at disambiguating certain corner cases. Alongside the update of the spec, there have been many improvements to the Frequently Asked Questions[^2] to help new adopters. The release of the specification is accompanied by version 4.0 of the tool[^3]. It implements REUSE.toml and has a wealth of other improvements, including comprehensive man pages[^4]. Many thanks for the submitted feedback in advance of this release! Yours with kindness, Carmen [^1]: <https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-website/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#32---2024-07-03 > [^2]: <https://reuse.software/faq/> [^3]: <https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#400---2024-07-03> [^4]: <https://reuse.readthedocs.io/en/v4.0.1/man/index.html>

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REUSE and license compatibility
by Carsten Agger 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

Is it correctly understood that the REUSE linting doesn't address license compatibility? I tried, as a experiment, to place the "models.py" in a Django app under GPL-3.0-only and the "views.py" under GPL-2.0-only, which is definitely an incompatible usage, and the linting passed. Are there any plans to consider license compatibility in REUSE, or is that considered out of scope? (That would, of course, be fair enough.) Best, Carsten

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