Add new simplified autoconf exception #745

Signed-off-by: Philippe Ombredanne <[email protected]>

Author: pombredanne

src/licensedcode/data/licenses/autoconf-simple-exception.LICENSE

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+As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
+distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
+configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
+the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that
+program.  This Exception is an additional permission under section 7
+of the GNU General Public License, version 3 ("GPLv3").

src/licensedcode/data/licenses/autoconf-simple-exception.yml

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+key: autoconf-simple-exception
+short_name: Autoconf simple exception
+name: Autoconf simple exception
+category: Copyleft Limited
+owner: Free Software Foundation (FSF)
+homepage_url: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob;f=config.guess;h=a7448442748cc6f98a066d2d1051fad3b043761a;hb=HEAD
+owner: Free Software Foundation (FSF)
+notes: this is a simpler version of the Autonconf exception to the
+ GPL 3.0 used in GNU Config config.guess and config.sub

src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-3.0-autoconf_1.RULE

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+# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
+# distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
+# configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
+# the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that
+# program.  This Exception is an additional permission under section 7
+# of the GNU General Public License, version 3 ("GPLv3").
+

src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-3.0-autoconf_1.yml

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+licenses:
+    - gpl-3.0-plus
+    - autoconf-simple-exception
+license_expression: gpl-3.0-plus with autoconf-simple-exception
+