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
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