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+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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+[
+  "389-exception",
+  "Autoconf-exception-2.0",
+  "Autoconf-exception-3.0",
+  "Bison-exception-2.2",
+  "CLISP-exception-2.0",
+  "Classpath-exception-2.0",
+  "DigiRule-FOSS-exception",
+  "FLTK-exception",
+  "Fawkes-Runtime-exception",
+  "Font-exception-2.0",
+  "GCC-exception-2.0",
+  "GCC-exception-3.1",
+  "LZMA-exception",
+  "Libtool-exception",
+  "Nokia-Qt-exception-1.1",
+  "OCCT-exception-1.0",
+  "Qwt-exception-1.0",
+  "WxWindows-exception-3.1",
+  "eCos-exception-2.0",
+  "freertos-exception-2.0",
+  "gnu-javamail-exception",
+  "i2p-gpl-java-exception",
+  "mif-exception",
+  "openvpn-openssl-exception",
+  "u-boot-exception-2.0"
+]
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+{
+  "name": "spdx-exceptions",
+  "description": "list of SPDX standard license exceptions",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "author": "The Linux Foundation",
+  "contributors": [
+    "Kyle E. Mitchell <kyle@kemitchell.com> (https://kemitchell.com/)"
+  ],
+  "license": "CC-BY-3.0",
+  "repository": "kemitchell/spdx-exceptions.json"
+}