[GRASS-dev] Version DOI missing for GRASS 8.3.0

[Peter Löwe]

Markus, all,
I have asked the Zenodo helpdesk to retrigger the deposit of GRASS8.3.0 and GRASS 8.3RC1.

Best,
Peter

<peter.loewe at gmx.de>


> Gesendet: Dienstag, 08. August 2023 um 18:26 Uhr
> Von: "Markus Neteler" <neteler at osgeo.org>
> An: "Peter Löwe" <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> Cc: "GRASS developers list" <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Betreff: Re: Re: Re: Re: [GRASS-dev] Version DOI missing for GRASS 8.3.0
>
> 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
>