On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 12:43:08 +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Neal Gompa: > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM Ankur Sinha <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> The libminc package includes this license text, which is close to MIT, > >> but not exactly as MIT is. What SPDX identifier would one use for this? > >> > >> --- > >> > >> Copyright the MINC developers, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, > >> Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. > >> > >> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its > >> documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, > >> provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies. The > >> author and McGill University make no representations about the > >> suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" > >> without express or implied warranty. > >> > > > > It's another MIT license variant. Just use "MIT". > > It doesn't match the pattern for MIT: <https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html> > > I think it's closest to this HPND variant: > <https://spdx.org/licenses/HPND-doc.html> > > But it doesn't match it, either. Main HPND > <https://spdx.org/licenses/HPND.html> has the required phrase “copyright > notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation”. > > Looks like this needs an SPDX update: Either the HPND-doc pattern needs > to be updated, or a new HPND variant has to be created.
Thanks Florian, I'll file a ticket with legal to clarify and see what they suggest. -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London
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