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

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Mike Linksvayer 2016-05-24 16:21:13 -05:00
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@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Licenses sit in the `/_licenses` folder. Each license has YAML front matter desc
#### Required fields #### Required fields
* `title` - The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/ * `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 * `source` - The URL to the license source text
* `description` - A human-readable description of the license * `description` - A human-readable description of the license
* `how` - Instructions on how to implement 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 #### Optional fields
* `featured` - Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false) * `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 * `note` - Additional information about the licenses
* `using` - A list of notable projects using the license in the form of `project_name: "url"` * `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 * `redirect_from` - Relative path(s) to redirect to the license from, to prevent breaking old URLs

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description: The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/ description: The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/
required: true 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 required: required
- name: source - name: source
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description: Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false) description: Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false)
required: false required: false
- name: nickname
description: Customary short name if applicable (e.g, GPLv3)
required: false
- name: note - name: note
description: Additional information about the licenses description: Additional information about the licenses
required: false required: false

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--- ---
title: Academic Free License v3.0 title: Academic Free License v3.0
nickname: AFL-3.0 spdx-id: AFL-3.0
source: http://opensource.org/licenses/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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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--- ---
title: BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License 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 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. 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.

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--- ---
title: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 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 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. 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.

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
--- ---
title: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 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 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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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--- ---
title: ISC License title: ISC License
nickname: ISC spdx-id: ISC
source: http://opensource.org/licenses/isc-license 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. 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.

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

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

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--- ---
title: LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c 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 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. description: The LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) is the primary license under which the LaTeX kernel and the base LaTeX packages are distributed.

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--- ---
title: MIT License title: MIT License
nickname: MIT spdx-id: MIT
source: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT source: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
featured: true featured: true

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

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

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

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

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--- ---
title: Open Software License 3.0 title: Open Software License 3.0
nickname: OSL-3.0 spdx-id: OSL-3.0
source: http://opensource.org/licenses/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. 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.

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--- ---
title: The Unlicense title: The Unlicense
nickname: Unlicense spdx-id: Unlicense
source: http://unlicense.org/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. 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.

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