SPDX defines “license expressions” to describe composition:
https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2-draft/SPDX-license-expressions/#d4-composite-license-expressions
There have been temptations to do that in my Nix days and then in Guix, but I remain skeptical: I doubt dual licensing, multiple applicable licenses, etc. can be accurately expressed by a “license calculus” of sorts. After all, these are legal texts subject to interpretation.
#FreeSoftware
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2024-08-20 09:26:33
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