[Fedora-legal-list] QPL with exceptions

[Tom Callaway]

On 01/05/2015 02:06 PM, Jerry James wrote:
> The ocaml-menhir package has some code that is covered by QPL, but
> with an exception.  The LICENSE file says:
> 
> As a special exception to the Q Public Licence, you may develop
> application programs, reusable components and other software items
> that link with the original or modified versions of the Generator
> and are not made available to the general public, without any of the
> additional requirements listed in clause 6c of the Q Public licence.
> 
> Should I describe this as QPL, or does this call for a "QPL with
> exceptions" tag?  Rpmlint says the latter is (currently) invalid.
> Thanks,

That's an odd exception, but it is one, nevertheless. Use "QPL with
exceptions" and either open a bug against rpmlint or ignore it in the
knowledge that you're smarter than a python string comparison tool. ;)

~tom

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