Auto merge of #12827 - tompscanlan:spdx-license-bug, r=weihanglo

update SPDX License info

### What does this PR try to resolve?

fixes #12797
* link to latest license info
* update link for further info to main spdx page

Link to further info was pointing to a 2018 news update, now points to the main spdx page.
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@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ The `license` field contains the name of the software license that the package
is released under. The `license-file` field contains the path to a file
containing the text of the license (relative to this `Cargo.toml`).
[crates.io] interprets the `license` field as an [SPDX 2.1 license
expression][spdx-2.1-license-expressions]. The name must be a known license
from the [SPDX license list 3.11][spdx-license-list-3.11]. Parentheses are not
[crates.io] interprets the `license` field as an [SPDX 2.3 license
expression][spdx-2.3-license-expressions]. The name must be a known license
from the [SPDX license list 3.20][spdx-license-list-3.20]. Parentheses are not
currently supported. See the [SPDX site] for more information.
SPDX license expressions support AND and OR operators to combine multiple
@ -628,9 +628,9 @@ more detail.
[docs.rs]: https://docs.rs/
[publishing]: publishing.md
[Rust Edition]: ../../edition-guide/index.html
[spdx-2.1-license-expressions]: https://spdx.org/spdx-specification-21-web-version#h.jxpfx0ykyb60
[spdx-license-list-3.11]: https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/tree/v3.11
[SPDX site]: https://spdx.org/license-list
[spdx-2.3-license-expressions]: https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/SPDX-license-expressions/
[spdx-license-list-3.20]: https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/tree/v3.20
[SPDX site]: https://spdx.org
[TOML]: https://toml.io/
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