Why SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD?

[Sebastian Huber]

On 15/10/2018 07:44, Allan Jude wrote:
> On 2018-10-15 01:40, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I noticed that a lot of files have this SPDX-License-Identifier:
>>
>> BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
>>
>> I didn't find this identifier at https://opensource.org/licenses, e.g.
>>
>> https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
>>
>> doesn't exist. I didn't find a difference to
>>
>> https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
>>
>> What is the reason for this specialized identifier?
>>
> When opensource.org created their 'official' BSD license, they deviated
> from the wording used in the real BSD license.
>
> The FreeBSD license specifically says "PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND
> CONTRIBUTORS" and the OSI version says "PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT
> HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS"
>
> There can be a significant difference between those two terms, making it
> an entirely different license.

In case the author of a FreeBSD source file is not the copyright holder, 
then doesn't have FreeBSD a problem here?

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