# spdx-exceptions

> list of SPDX standard license exceptions

Latest version **2.5.0** (published 2024-02-15) · CC-BY-3.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install spdx-exceptions
pnpm add spdx-exceptions
yarn add spdx-exceptions
bun add spdx-exceptions
```

## Health

**Score 18/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.5.0 |
| Published | 2024-02-15 |
| First published | 2015-08-01 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | CC-BY-3.0 |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/spdx-exceptions) |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 3.4 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 16 |
| Author | The Linux Foundation |
| Maintainers | kemitchell |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/spdx-exceptions
- Repository: https://github.com/kemitchell/spdx-exceptions.json
- Homepage: https://github.com/kemitchell/spdx-exceptions.json#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/kemitchell/spdx-exceptions.json/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/spdx-exceptions

## Recent versions

- 2.5.0 (latest) — 2024-02-15
- 2.4.0 — 2024-01-24
- 2.3.0 — 2020-04-20
- 2.2.0 — 2018-10-01
- 2.1.0 — 2018-01-09
- 2.0.0 — 2016-07-25
- 1.0.5 — 2016-07-13
- 1.0.4 — 2015-11-04
- 1.0.3 — 2015-10-03
- 1.0.2 — 2015-08-02
- 1.0.1 — 2015-08-01
- 1.0.0 — 2015-08-01

## README

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

[SPDX]: https://spdx.org

## 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)

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