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docs/annexes/SPDX-license-expressions.md

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idstring = 1*(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." )
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license-id = <short form license identifier in Annex A.1>
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license-id = <short form license identifier from SPDX License List>
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license-exception-id = <short form license exception identifier in Annex A.2>
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license-exception-id = <short form license exception identifier from SPDX License List>
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license-ref = [%s"DocumentRef-"(idstring)":"]%s"LicenseRef-"(idstring)
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However, please be aware that it is often important to match with the case of the canonical identifier on the [SPDX License List](https://spdx.org/licenses). This is because the canonical identifier's case is used in the URL of the license's or exception's entry on the List, and because the canonical identifier is translated to a URI in RDF documents.
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For license identifiers, only the variable part (after `LicenseRef-`) is case insensitive.
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For user defined license identifiers, only the variable part (after `LicenseRef-`) is case insensitive. This means, for example, that `LicenseRef-Name` and `LicenseRef-name` should be treated as the same identifier and considered to refer to the same license, while `licenseref-name` is not a valid license identifier.
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This means, for example, that `LicenseRef-Name` and `LicenseRef-name` should be treated as the same identifier and considered to refer to the same license, while `licenseref-name` is not a valid license identifier.
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The same applies to `AdditionRef-`.
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The same applies to `AdditionRef-` user defined identifiers.
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## D.3 Simple license expressions <a name="D.3"></a>
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