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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>October 28, 2014<br />
== Attendees ==<br />
* Gary O'Neall<br />
* Bill Schineller<br />
* Kate Stewart<br />
* Mark Gisi<br />
* Kirsten Newcomer<br />
* Scott Sterling<br />
* Jack Manbeck<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* License Expression Language parsing - spanning multiple lines<br />
* File Tagging follow-up<br />
== License Expression Language ==<br />
Need a way to have license expression language span multiple<br />
4 possible approaches<br />
* Use parenthesis (like today)<br />
* Have continuation characters<br />
* Use begin/end text tags<br />
* Restrict to single line<br />
Agree to use a parenthesis but only require it around the outside expression.<br />
e.g.:<br />
* LGPL-2.1 is OK since it is only a single license ID<br />
* (LGPL-2.1 AND APACHE-2.0) is OK<br />
* LGPL-2.1 AND APACHE-2.0 is NOT OK (needs parenthesis as delimiters)<br />
* (LGPL-2.1 AND APACHE-2.0 OR APACHE 1.1) is OK (will use the operator precedence to determine expression)<br />
== File Tagging in Binaries ==<br />
* Bill followed up on Binary inclusion of tags by declaring a string variable<br />
** Seemed OK, with caveats<br />
*** Compilers may compile it out if the string is not referenced<br />
*** Some may not want it due to the size of the binaries<br />
* Kate followed up with Ed W. <br />
** Ed suggested a standardized Macro for C and C++<br />
** Other considerations regarding linking<br />
* Agree that the suggestion is valuable, but may not be ready to be put in the spec. proper<br />
* Separate decisions on including the comments in the source that indicates the license<br />
* Agree separate document but publish it at the same time and have the separate document refer back to the SPDX dpecification<br />
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