Steve Winslow

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Added a comment with different thoughts and more details in the related thread at https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/1852#issuecomment-2543850982

Moving to 3.27.0 as this should be considered together with #1852

Great, thank you @goneall! I'm happy to go through and update the broken XML files after you give me the go-ahead.

Text of requested license exception to add: ``` If you modify this Program, or any covered work, by linking or combining it with runtime libraries of Erlang/OTP as released by...

This exception is close to [`GPL-3.0-linking-source-exception`](https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-linking-source-exception.html), taking into account the replaceable text bits of that exception. However, it does add an additional phrase that isn't present in `GPL-3.0-linking-source-exception`: > ....

Thanks @laf0rge! For SPDX purposes, it doesn't matter whether it is http or https; the [SPDX matching guidelines (B.14)](https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b14-http-protocol) state that they should be treated as equivalent for license matching...

Hi @karsten-klein, I think the sentence that you're referring to is one of the things that makes this erlang- exception different from the GPL- one. See the [discussion above](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/2495#issuecomment-2149569306). Either...

To @karsten-klein's point, yes, if this is added then the name and ID should refer to the specific version. I'd suggest "Nmap Public Source License Version 0.95" as name since...

Note that I initially marked this as "used in major distro" based on Fedora including Nmap -- but it's possible that might actually be Fedora using an older version of...

@richardfontana That's a fair point! @ataraxus Are you referring specifically to Nmap Public Source License **Version 0.95**, which is currently (at this moment) available at https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/LICENSE; or a different version...