As the SPDX group has evolved, it's been clear that the range of threads and moving parts are a lot for most participants. Three distinct work streams have emerged--technical, business and legal--and so we are evolving the organization in that direction with three different teams.
Technical Team- Primarily responsible for drafting the specification and providing documentation, samples, templates and tools.
Business Team- Initially focused on making sure that SPDX is successfully rolled out and responsible for the beta program, outreach, training, and everything else that surrounds the spec and makes it useable.
Legal Team- Responsible for the license list, coordinating with the Linux Foundation Member Counsel, trademarks and any other legal issues for SPDX.
Each team will have its own meetings, mailing list and work area on the website. Over time we will migrate discussion from the current SPDX list and meetings to the respective teams'. Anyone is welcome to participate on all the teams, but our expectation is that most folks will focus on one or two.
Of course, the nature of the work is such that the teams are highly interdependent. To ensure coordination, we'll continue with a General Meeting in the time slot of the current bi-weekly SPDX meeting. And, we'll continue the current list as the general mailing list. We'll use those to cross-pollenate information between the teams.
If you are interested in SPDX, but don't have a lot of time to devote, monitoring the general SPDX list and perhaps attending the General Meeting is a good way to stay in touch with what's going on without getting immersed in the details.