Hi Philippe,
> -----Original Message----- > From: spdx-legal-boun...@lists.spdx.org [mailto:spdx-legal- > boun...@lists.spdx.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Ombredanne > Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 1:57 AM > To: Schuberth, Sebastian; spdx-t...@lists.spdx.org; SPDX-legal > Subject: Re: Is "+" a valid character of a LicenseRef idstring? > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Schuberth, Sebastian > <sebastian.schube...@here.com> wrote: > > > when debugging an issue in the spdx-tools verifier, I noticed the > SPDX > > 2.0 specs seem to be inconsistent on whether "+" is a valid character > > in a LicenseRef's idstring, like in LicenseRef-[idstring]. > > I not see any reason why a + would not be allowed in a reference, and > there is no ambiguity since the + always something attached to an id or > ref string, not some free standing symbol. [Gary] In the 2.0 spec, the + is a unary operator with a specific meaning (see Appendix IV of the 2.0 spec "Simple License Expressions" subsection page 82). If we are to use it as an operator with License Ref's, it would be difficult for a parser to determine when it is part of a reference string and when it is intended as an operator. Gary _______________________________________________ Spdx-legal mailing list Spdx-legal@lists.spdx.org https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-legal
