spdx-id required, nickname only for licenses with customary short names

README.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Licenses sit in the `/_licenses` folder. Each license has YAML front matter desc
 #### Required fields
 
 * `title` - The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
-* `nickname` - A shorter license name; customary if applicable (e.g., GPLv3) or the SPDX ID (e.g., MPL-2.0)
+* `spdx-id` - Short identifier specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
 * `source` - The URL to the license source text
 * `description` - A human-readable description of the license
 * `how` - Instructions on how to implement the license
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Licenses sit in the `/_licenses` folder. Each license has YAML front matter desc
 #### Optional fields
 
 * `featured` - Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false)
+* `nickname` - Customary short name if applicable (e.g, GPLv3)
 * `note` - Additional information about the licenses
 * `using` - A list of notable projects using the license in the form of `project_name: "url"`
 * `redirect_from` - Relative path(s) to redirect to the license from, to prevent breaking old URLs

_data/meta.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   description: The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
   required: true
 
-- name: nickname
+- name: spdx-id
-  description: A shorter license name; customary if applicable (e.g., GPLv3) or the SPDX ID (e.g., MPL-2.0)
+  description: Short identifier specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
   required: required
 
 - name: source
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
   description: Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false)
   required: false
 
+- name: nickname
+  description: Customary short name if applicable (e.g, GPLv3)
+  required: false
+
 - name: note
   description: Additional information about the licenses
   required: false

_licenses/afl-3.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Academic Free License v3.0
-nickname: AFL-3.0
+spdx-id: AFL-3.0
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0
 
 description: The Academic Free License is a variant of the Open Software License that does not require that the source code of derivative works be disclosed. It contains explicit copyright and patent grants and reserves trademark rights in the author.

_licenses/agpl-3.0.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
+spdx-id: AGPL-3.0
 nickname: GNU AGPLv3
 redirect_from: /licenses/agpl/
 source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt

_licenses/apache-2.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Apache License 2.0
-nickname: Apache-2.0
+spdx-id: Apache-2.0
 redirect_from: /licenses/apache/
 source: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 featured: true

_licenses/artistic-2.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Artistic License 2.0
-nickname: Artistic-2.0
+spdx-id: Artistic-2.0
 redirect_from: /licenses/artistic/
 source: http://www.perlfoundation.org/attachment/legal/artistic-2_0.txt
 

_licenses/bsd-2-clause.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
-nickname: BSD 2-Clause
+spdx-id: BSD-2-Clause
 redirect_from: /licenses/bsd/
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
 

_licenses/bsd-3-clause-clear.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: BSD 3-clause Clear License
-nickname: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
+spdx-id: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
 
 description: A variant of the <a href="/licenses/bsd-3-clause/">BSD 3-Clause License</a> that explicitly does not grant any patent rights.
 

_licenses/bsd-3-clause.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
-nickname: BSD 3-Clause
+spdx-id: BSD-3-Clause
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
 
 description: A permissive license similar to the <a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause/">BSD 2-Clause License</a>, but with a 3rd clause that prohibits others from using the name of the project or its contributors to promote derived products without written consent.

_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
-nickname: CC-BY-4.0
+spdx-id: CC-BY-4.0
 source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.txt
 
 description: Permits almost any use subject to providing credit and license notice. Frequently used for media assets and educational materials. The most common license for Open Access scientific publications. Not recommended for software.

_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0
-nickname: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+spdx-id: CC-BY-SA-4.0
 source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.txt
 
 description: Similar to <a href='/licenses/cc-by-4.0/'>CC-BY-4.0</a> but requires derivatives be distributed under the same or a similar, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses/">compatible</a> license. Frequently used for media assets and educational materials. A previous version is the default license for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Not recommended for software.

_licenses/cc0-1.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
-nickname: CC0-1.0
+spdx-id: CC0-1.0
 redirect_from: /licenses/cc0/
 source: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
 

_licenses/epl-1.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Eclipse Public License 1.0
-nickname: EPL-1.0
+spdx-id: EPL-1.0
 redirect_from: /licenses/eclipse/
 source: https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 

_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: European Union Public License 1.1
-nickname: EUPL-1.1
+spdx-id: EUPL-1.1
 redirect_from: /licenses/eupl-v1.1/
 source: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eupl/og_page/european-union-public-licence-eupl-v11
 

_licenses/gpl-2.0.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU General Public License v2.0
+spdx-id: GPL-2.0
 nickname: GNU GPLv2
 redirect_from: /licenses/gpl-v2/
 source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt

_licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU General Public License v3.0
+spdx-id: GPL-3.0
 nickname: GNU GPLv3
 redirect_from: /licenses/gpl-v3/
 source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

_licenses/isc.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: ISC License
-nickname: ISC
+spdx-id: ISC
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/isc-license
 
 description: A permissive license lets people do anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty. The ISC license is functionally equivalent to the <a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause/">BSD 2-Clause</a> and <a href="/licenses/mit/">MIT</a> licenses, removing some language that is no longer necessary.

_licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
+spdx-id: LGPL-2.1
 nickname: GNU LGPLv2.1
 redirect_from: /licenses/lgpl-v2.1/
 source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt

_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
+spdx-id: LGPL-3.0
 nickname: GNU LGPLv3
 redirect_from: /licenses/lgpl-v3/
 source: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt

_licenses/lppl-1.3c.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c
-nickname: LPPL-1.3c
+spdx-id: LPPL-1.3c
 source: https://latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3c.html
 
 description: The LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) is the primary license under which the LaTeX kernel and the base LaTeX packages are distributed. 

_licenses/mit.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: MIT License
-nickname: MIT
+spdx-id: MIT
 source: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 featured: true
 

_licenses/mpl-2.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Mozilla Public License 2.0
-nickname: MPL-2.0
+spdx-id: MPL-2.0
 redirect_from: /licenses/mozilla/
 source: https://www.mozilla.org/media/MPL/2.0/index.txt
 

_licenses/ms-pl.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Microsoft Public License
-nickname: MS-PL
+spdx-id: MS-PL
 
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl
 

_licenses/ms-rl.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Microsoft Reciprocal License
-nickname: MS-RL
+spdx-id: MS-RL
 
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl
 

_licenses/ofl-1.1.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: SIL Open Font License 1.1
-nickname: OFL-1.1
+spdx-id: OFL-1.1
 redirect_from: /licenses/ofl/
 source: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL_web
 

_licenses/osl-3.0.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Open Software License 3.0
-nickname: OSL-3.0
+spdx-id: OSL-3.0
 source: http://opensource.org/licenses/OSL-3.0
 
 description: OSL 3.0 is a copyleft license that does not require reciprocal licensing on linked works. It also provides an express grant of patent rights from contributors to users, with a termination clause triggered if a user files a patent infringement lawsuit.

_licenses/unlicense.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: The Unlicense
-nickname: Unlicense
+spdx-id: Unlicense
 source: http://unlicense.org/UNLICENSE
 
 description: Because copyright is automatic in most countries, <a href="http://unlicense.org">the Unlicense</a> is a template to waive copyright interest in software you've written and dedicate it to the public domain. Use the Unlicense to opt out of copyright entirely. It also includes the no-warranty statement from the MIT/X11 license.

_licenses/wtfpl.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License"
-nickname: WTFPL
+spdx-id: WTFPL
 source: http://www.wtfpl.net/
 
 description: The easiest licence out there. It gives the user permissions to do whatever they want with your code.