aboutcode-org / aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit

We should assign a category to a license-expression to clarify `license WITH exception` cases

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#2,897 10 comments 1 reaction 3 assignees Claimed by @AyanSinhaMahapatra View on GitHub
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For instance `GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception 2.0` should be treated as Copyleft-limited and not as Copyleft

This was reported by @DennisClark and it could be that all exceptions to a Copyleft license turn a license expression in a Copyleft-limited

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