spdx-exceptions

What is spdx-exceptions?

The spdx-exceptions npm package provides a list of exceptions to the SPDX license list. These exceptions are additional permissions that can be applied to a license, which are not included in the standard license text. The package is useful for software that needs to validate or parse license identifiers in compliance with the SPDX specification.

What are spdx-exceptions's main functionalities?

List of SPDX license exceptions

This feature allows you to retrieve an array of all SPDX license exceptions. The code sample shows how to import the spdx-exceptions package and log the list of exceptions to the console.

const spdxExceptions = require('spdx-exceptions');
console.log(spdxExceptions);

Other packages similar to spdx-exceptions

spdx-license-list

This package provides a list of commonly found licenses and exceptions used in free and open-source software and proprietary software. It is similar to spdx-exceptions but focuses on the licenses themselves rather than the exceptions.

spdx

The spdx package is a more comprehensive tool that allows users to parse, validate, and compare SPDX license expressions. It includes the functionality of spdx-exceptions as part of its broader feature set.

spdx-expression-parse

This package is used to parse and validate SPDX license expressions. While it does not provide a list of exceptions, it is related in the sense that it deals with SPDX license expressions which can include exceptions.

README

The package exports an array of strings. Each string is an identifier for a license exception under the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) software license metadata standard.

Copyright and Licensing

SPDX

"SPDX" is a federally registered United States trademark of The Linux Foundation Corporation.

From version 2.0 of the SPDX specification:

Copyright © 2010-2015 Linux Foundation and its Contributors. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Unported. All other rights are expressly reserved.

The Linux Foundation and the SPDX working groups are good people. Only they decide what "SPDX" means, as a standard and otherwise. I respect their work and their rights. You should, too.

This Package

I created this package by copying exception identifiers out of the SPDX specification. That work was mechanical, routine, and required no creativity whatsoever. - Kyle Mitchell, package author

United States users concerned about intellectual property may wish to discuss the following Supreme Court decisions with their attorneys:

• Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879)

• Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)