[GRASS-dev] Version DOI missing for GRASS 8.3.0

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Peter,

On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 5:04 PM Peter Löwe <peter.loewe at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Markus,
> the licence ID for GRASS GIS 7.8.8. on its landing page reads:
> "Other (Open)"

I have seen it, too. Unfortunately not the precise licence description.

> This setting goes back to GRASS GIS 7.8.6.
> Since this is (just) landing page metadata, this can be changed after the minting of the DOI and the file upload into Zenodo.
>
> The landing page for GRASS GIS 8.2.0 (https://zenodo.org/record/6612307) has different licence metadata: "GNU General Public License v2.0 or later", which points to https://opensource.org/license/gpl-2-0/
>
> Did GRASS GIS 8.2.0 get maybe manually checked into Zenodo ?

I am not aware that anyone manually uploaded a GRASS GIS release to Zenodo.

> Otherwise this could be a Zenodo-sided bug ("worked before")..?

Probably they treated non-SPDX conformant license identifiers (here:
"GPL-2.0-or-later") differently?
Just guessing: In the past they changed it to "Other (Open)" and now
it is (randomly) failing?

Anyway, we now have updated the CITATION.cff with the correct SPDX
license identifier "GPL-2.0-or-later" in GRASS GIS 8.x.

It would be cool if Zenodo helpdesk could retrigger the 8.3.0 upload.

Best,
Markus