* 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
Not really, after s/Generator/Compiler/ it's the exception used by the
Ocaml compiler itself, so ocaml-menhir should use the same license tag
as the ocaml package.
Maybe a separate tag is in order?