On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM Segher Boessenkool <seg...@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 05:02:18PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:
> > while this one: > > > > * As a special exception, if you link this library with files > > * compiled with GCC to produce an executable, this does not cause > > * the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public > > License. > > * This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why > > * the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public > > License. > > > > does not seem to be in the SPDX exception list. It is very similar to > > `GNU-compiler-exception` except it specifically mentions GCC instead > > of saying "a GNU compiler". > > https://spdx.org/licenses/GNU-compiler-exception.html > > is exactly this. No, because `GNU-compiler-exception` as defined here https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/main/src/exceptions/GNU-compiler-exception.xml assumes use of the term "GCC" rather than "a GNU compiler". Richard
