Looks great. I was not able to make the call, but nonetheless took a shot at concise-isizing: The SPDX License List includes a list of Exceptions. These Exceptions are commonly-granted permissions beyond those normally granted in a license. (They are not stand-alone licenses.) Exceptions are added to a license using the License Expression Syntax operator "WITH."
My sense from the discussion in the General Meeting was that there was some sensitivity to the term “Exceptions” so I capitalized, treating it similarly to defined term in a legal agreement. If we go that route, we may want to capitalize at least in the full names of the Exceptions, although I wonder if that will break anything. As an aside, I note we are a little inconsistent with capitalizing in identifiers. Not a big deal as far as I’m concerned, just observing. From: <spdx-legal-boun...@lists.spdx.org> on behalf of Jilayne Lovejoy <opensou...@jilayne.com> Date: Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 6:35 PM To: SPDX-legal <spdx-legal@lists.spdx.org> Subject: revised wording for top of exceptions page Hi All, As discussed on today’s call, all agreed that some clarification or revision of the explanatory text at the top of the license exceptions page was warranted. (see current first paragraph here: https://spdx.org/licenses/exceptions-index.html ) Bradley was kind enough to get the ball rolling and we batted it around a bit and came up with the following. I think this captures the concepts we were discussing on the call. It could possibly be made a bit more concise, but it’s always easier to start with more and trim down! The SPDX License List includes a list of commonly found exceptions to open source licenses. Exceptions grant additional permissions beyond those already given in the license that the exception modifies. These exceptions are not stand-alone licenses; rather, they are designed for use with the License Expression Syntax operator, "WITH", to identify a license that includes an additional permission beyond those in the main license. Thought, input, word-smithing? Thanks, Jilayne SPDX Legal Team co-lead opensou...@jilayne.com<mailto:opensou...@jilayne.com>
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