https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1124

--- Comment #4 from Bill Schineller <[email protected]> 
2013-10-15 18:43:09 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Proposal: Only operators currently defined in the spec be used (AND and OR). 
> Reason - if we open it up to a general "any logical operator" we will have
> different interpretations with different notation, rules, and precedence
> rendering this very important part of the spec. much less usable for both 
> human
> readers and machine parsers.  If we want to expand the definition, it should 
> be
> included in the spec and defined precisely to avoid ambiguity. 
> 
> Proposal: parenthesis only be used for compound license statements.  Reason -
> simplify human readability and machine parsing (note: I don't feel strongly
> about the use of parenthesis for a single license id - just putting a "stake 
> in
> the ground")

On tech concall today 10/15/2013, Jack Manbeck, Bill Schineller agreed with
these two proposals for best practices.  (no dissent on the call...)

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