From c915a5a8da2c8d978263c452f290525d30f51755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldir Pimenta Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:47:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Harmonize capitalization in section headings --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 +++--- README.md | 2 +- non-software.md | 2 +- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 078d658..bcdc83f 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# How to Contribute +# How to contribute We love Pull Requests! Your contributions help make ChooseALicense.com great. @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Contributions to this project are [released](https://help.github.com/articles/gi Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms. -## Getting Started +## Getting started So you want to contribute to ChooseALicense. Great! We welcome any help we can get. But first, please make sure you understand what @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ If your proposed license meets the above criteria, here's a few other things to * The text of the license should match the corresponding text found in [spdx/license-list-data](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/blob/master/text/). If there are errors there, please fix them in [spdx/license-list-XML](https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML) (from which the plain text version is generated) so as to minimize license text variation and make it easier for choosealicense.com to eventually consume license texts directly from SPDX. * The body of the file should be the text of the license in plain text. -## Making Changes +## Making changes The easiest way to make a change is to simply edit a file from your browser. When you click the edit button, it will fork the repository under your account. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 22b22cd..5d38a18 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ We catalog [select](CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-a-license) open source licenses with * Collaborate with and reinforce other licensing best practices and standards projects. * Not comprehensive. Seems like an odd goal, but there are a bajillion licenses out there. We're going to have to filter that down to a small list of those that matter. -## Run It On Your Machine +## Run it on your machine ### Managing Dependencies diff --git a/non-software.md b/non-software.md index 3c312b8..0b3b745 100644 --- a/non-software.md +++ b/non-software.md @@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ Any open source software license or open license for media (see [above](#data-me The [SIL Open Font License 1.1](/licenses/ofl-1.1/) keeps fonts open but allows them to be freely used in other works. -### Mixed Projects +### Mixed projects If your project contains a mix of software and other material, you can include multiple licenses, as long as you are explicit about which license applies to each part of the project. See [the license notice for this site](https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com#license) as an example. From 3e2b69c68a155c462658c2d28a90a2f00a4e6f5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldir Pimenta Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:48:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Harmonize quotation marks and apostrophes Use straight marks in source files (txt, md) and curly marks in rendered files (html) --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 4 +- _includes/sidebar.html | 8 +-- _licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt | 2 +- _licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt | 2 +- _licenses/eupl-1.1.txt | 18 +++---- _licenses/eupl-1.2.txt | 100 ++++++++++++++++++------------------- _licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt | 2 +- _licenses/upl-1.0.txt | 2 +- licenses.html | 4 +- no-permission.md | 2 +- 10 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index bcdc83f..4c4f6c6 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](C So you want to contribute to ChooseALicense. Great! We welcome any help we can get. But first, please make sure you understand what -[this site is all about](https://choosealicense.com/about). It’s not a comprehensive list of all possible licenses. +[this site is all about](https://choosealicense.com/about). It's not a comprehensive list of all possible licenses. ## Adding a license @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Note what issue/issues your patch fixes in the commit message. For example, to [change this file](/CONTRIBUTING.md), find it in the GitHub repository. Then click the `Edit` button. Make your changes, type in a commit message, and click the `Propose File Change` button. -That’s it! +That's it! For more advanced changes, check out [the bootstrap instructions](https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com#run-it-on-your-machine) in the [project's readme](/README.md). diff --git a/_includes/sidebar.html b/_includes/sidebar.html index 02711c2..1540756 100644 --- a/_includes/sidebar.html +++ b/_includes/sidebar.html @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ {% unless page.spdx-id == 'LGPL-3.0' %}

Suggest this license

-

Make a pull request to suggest this license for a project that is not licensed. Please be polite: see if a license has already been suggested, try to suggest a license fitting for the project's community, and keep your communication with project maintainers friendly.

+

Make a pull request to suggest this license for a project that is not licensed. Please be polite: see if a license has already been suggested, try to suggest a license fitting for the project’s community, and keep your communication with project maintainers friendly.

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ {% endif %} {% assign xgpl = false %} {% if page.spdx-id contains 'GPL' %}{% assign xgpl = true %}{% endif %} -

Add {{ page.spdx-id }}{% if xgpl %}-or-later{% endif %}{% if xgpl %} (or {{ page.spdx-id }}-only to disallow future versions){% endif %} to your project's package description, if applicable (e.g., Node.js, Ruby, and Rust). This will ensure the license is displayed in package directories.

+

Add {{ page.spdx-id }}{% if xgpl %}-or-later{% endif %}{% if xgpl %} (or {{ page.spdx-id }}-only to disallow future versions){% endif %} to your project’s package description, if applicable (e.g., Node.js, Ruby, and Rust). This will ensure the license is displayed in package directories.

{% if page.spdx-id contains 'GPL-2' %} -

If you would like your project to adopt the GPL-3.0's cure provision, add the text of the GPL Cooperation Commitment to a file named COMMITMENT in the same directory as your {{ page.spdx-id }} license file.

+

If you would like your project to adopt the GPL-3.0’s cure provision, add the text of the GPL Cooperation Commitment to a file named COMMITMENT in the same directory as your {{ page.spdx-id }} license file.

{% endif %}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ {% if page.using %}
-

Who's using this license?

+

Who’s using this license?

    {% for using in page.using %}
  • {{ using[0] }}
    • diff --git a/_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt b/_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt index baa5c9f..33e535d 100644 --- a/_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt +++ b/_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Section 8 -- Interpretation. Creative Commons is not a party to its public licenses. Notwithstanding, Creative Commons may elect to apply one of its public licenses to material it publishes and in those instances will be -considered the “Licensor.” The text of the Creative Commons public +considered the "Licensor." The text of the Creative Commons public licenses is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Except for the limited purpose of indicating that material is shared under a Creative Commons public license or as otherwise diff --git a/_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt b/_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt index b392785..3aec17e 100644 --- a/_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt +++ b/_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Section 8 -- Interpretation. Creative Commons is not a party to its public licenses. Notwithstanding, Creative Commons may elect to apply one of its public licenses to material it publishes and in those instances will be -considered the “Licensor.” The text of the Creative Commons public +considered the "Licensor." The text of the Creative Commons public licenses is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Except for the limited purpose of indicating that material is shared under a Creative Commons public license or as otherwise diff --git a/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt b/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt index b2512b7..c29f478 100644 --- a/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt +++ b/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: European Union Public License 1.1 spdx-id: EUPL-1.1 redirect_from: /licenses/eupl-v1.1/ -description: The “European Union Public Licence” (EUPL) is a copyleft free/open source software license created on the initiative of and approved by the European Commission in 22 official languages of the European Union. +description: The "European Union Public Licence" (EUPL) is a copyleft free/open source software license created on the initiative of and approved by the European Commission in 22 official languages of the European Union. how: Create a text file (typically named COPYING or LICENCE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ V. 1.1 EUPL © the European Community 2007 -This European Union Public Licence (the “EUPL”) applies to the +This European Union Public Licence (the "EUPL") applies to the Work or Software (as defined below) which is provided under the terms of this Licence. Any use of the Work, other than as authorised under this Licence is prohibited (to the extent such use is covered by a right of the copyright @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ communicates the Work under the Licence. - Contributor(s): any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under the Licence, or otherwise contributes to the creation of a Derivative Work. -- The Licensee or “You”: any natural or legal person who makes any usage of +- The Licensee or "You": any natural or legal person who makes any usage of the Software under the terms of the Licence. - Distribution and/or Communication: any act of selling, giving, lending, @@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence. For the sake of this clause, -“Compatible Licence” refers to the licences listed in the appendix -attached to this Licence. Should the Licensee’s obligations under the +"Compatible Licence" refers to the licences listed in the appendix +attached to this Licence. Should the Licensee's obligations under the Compatible Licence conflict with his/her obligations under this Licence, the obligations of the Compatible Licence shall prevail. @@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ the terms of this Licence. The Work is a work in progress, which is continuously improved by numerous contributors. It is not a finished work and may therefore contain defects or -“bugs” inherent to this type of software development. +"bugs" inherent to this type of software development. -For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an “as is” +For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an "as is" basis and without warranties of any kind concerning the Work, including without limitation merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, absence of defects or errors, accuracy, non-infringement of intellectual property @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ liability. 10. Acceptance of the Licence The provisions of this Licence can be accepted by clicking on -an icon “I agree” placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of +an icon "I agree" placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of this Licence or by affirming consent in any other similar way, in accordance with the rules of applicable law. Clicking on that icon indicates your clear and irrevocable acceptance of this Licence and @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ registered office inside a European Union country. Appendix -“Compatible Licences” according to article 5 EUPL are: +"Compatible Licences" according to article 5 EUPL are: - GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) v. 2 - Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 - Common Public License v. 1.0 diff --git a/_licenses/eupl-1.2.txt b/_licenses/eupl-1.2.txt index 3d75c17..ac81a52 100644 --- a/_licenses/eupl-1.2.txt +++ b/_licenses/eupl-1.2.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ spdx-id: EUPL-1.2 description: The European Union Public Licence (EUPL) is a copyleft free/open source software license created on the initiative of and approved by the European Commission in 22 official languages of the European Union. -how: Indicate “Licensed under the EUPL” following the copyright notice of your source code, for example in a README file or directly in a source code file as a comment. +how: Indicate "Licensed under the EUPL" following the copyright notice of your source code, for example in a README file or directly in a source code file as a comment. using: AethysRotation: https://github.com/SimCMinMax/AethysRotation/blob/master/LICENSE @@ -37,42 +37,42 @@ V. 1.2 EUPL © the European Union 2007, 2016 -This European Union Public Licence (the ‘EUPL’) applies to the Work (as +This European Union Public Licence (the 'EUPL') applies to the Work (as defined below) which is provided under the terms of this Licence. Any use of the Work, other than as authorised under this Licence is prohibited (to the extent such use is covered by a right of the copyright holder of the Work). The Work is provided under the terms of this Licence when the Licensor (as defined below) has placed the following notice immediately following the -copyright notice for the Work: “Licensed under the EUPL”, or has expressed by +copyright notice for the Work: "Licensed under the EUPL", or has expressed by any other means his willingness to license under the EUPL. 1. Definitions In this Licence, the following terms have the following meaning: -— ‘The Licence’: this Licence. -— ‘The Original Work’: the work or software distributed or communicated by the - ‘Licensor under this Licence, available as Source Code and also as - ‘Executable Code as the case may be. -— ‘Derivative Works’: the works or software that could be created by the - ‘Licensee, based upon the Original Work or modifications thereof. This - ‘Licence does not define the extent of modification or dependence on the - ‘Original Work required in order to classify a work as a Derivative Work; - ‘this extent is determined by copyright law applicable in the country - ‘mentioned in Article 15. -— ‘The Work’: the Original Work or its Derivative Works. -— ‘The Source Code’: the human-readable form of the Work which is the most +- 'The Licence': this Licence. +- 'The Original Work': the work or software distributed or communicated by the + 'Licensor under this Licence, available as Source Code and also as + 'Executable Code as the case may be. +- 'Derivative Works': the works or software that could be created by the + 'Licensee, based upon the Original Work or modifications thereof. This + 'Licence does not define the extent of modification or dependence on the + 'Original Work required in order to classify a work as a Derivative Work; + 'this extent is determined by copyright law applicable in the country + 'mentioned in Article 15. +- 'The Work': the Original Work or its Derivative Works. +- 'The Source Code': the human-readable form of the Work which is the most convenient for people to study and modify. -— ‘The Executable Code’: any code which has generally been compiled and which +- 'The Executable Code': any code which has generally been compiled and which is meant to be interpreted by a computer as a program. -— ‘The Licensor’: the natural or legal person that distributes or communicates +- 'The Licensor': the natural or legal person that distributes or communicates the Work under the Licence. -— ‘Contributor(s)’: any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under +- 'Contributor(s)': any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under the Licence, or otherwise contributes to the creation of a Derivative Work. -— ‘The Licensee’ or ‘You’: any natural or legal person who makes any usage of +- 'The Licensee' or 'You': any natural or legal person who makes any usage of the Work under the terms of the Licence. -— ‘Distribution’ or ‘Communication’: any act of selling, giving, lending, +- 'Distribution' or 'Communication': any act of selling, giving, lending, renting, distributing, communicating, transmitting, or otherwise making available, online or offline, copies of the Work or providing access to its essential functionalities at the disposal of any other natural or legal @@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ The Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable licence to do the following, for the duration of copyright vested in the Original Work: -— use the Work in any circumstance and for all usage, -— reproduce the Work, -— modify the Work, and make Derivative Works based upon the Work, -— communicate to the public, including the right to make available or display +- use the Work in any circumstance and for all usage, +- reproduce the Work, +- modify the Work, and make Derivative Works based upon the Work, +- communicate to the public, including the right to make available or display the Work or copies thereof to the public and perform publicly, as the case may be, the Work, -— distribute the Work or copies thereof, -— lend and rent the Work or copies thereof, -— sublicense rights in the Work or copies thereof. +- distribute the Work or copies thereof, +- lend and rent the Work or copies thereof, +- sublicense rights in the Work or copies thereof. Those rights can be exercised on any media, supports and formats, whether now known or later invented, as far as the applicable law permits so. @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Copyleft clause: If the Licensee distributes or communicates copies of the Original Works or Derivative Works, this Distribution or Communication will be done under the terms of this Licence or of a later version of this Licence unless the Original Work is expressly distributed only under this version of -the Licence — for example by communicating ‘EUPL v. 1.2 only’. The Licensee +the Licence - for example by communicating 'EUPL v. 1.2 only'. The Licensee (becoming Licensor) cannot offer or impose any additional terms or conditions on the Work or Derivative Work that alter or restrict the terms of the Licence. @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Compatibility clause: If the Licensee Distributes or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence. For the sake of this clause, -‘Compatible Licence’ refers to the licences listed in the appendix attached to +'Compatible Licence' refers to the licences listed in the appendix attached to this Licence. Should the Licensee's obligations under the Compatible Licence conflict with his/her obligations under this Licence, the obligations of the Compatible Licence shall prevail. @@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ terms of this Licence. The Work is a work in progress, which is continuously improved by numerous Contributors. It is not a finished work and may therefore contain defects or -‘bugs’ inherent to this type of development. +'bugs' inherent to this type of development. -For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an ‘as is’ +For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an 'as is' basis and without warranties of any kind concerning the Work, including without limitation merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, absence of defects or errors, accuracy, non-infringement of intellectual property @@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ liability. 10. Acceptance of the Licence -The provisions of this Licence can be accepted by clicking on an icon ‘I -agree’ placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of this Licence +The provisions of this Licence can be accepted by clicking on an icon 'I +agree' placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of this Licence or by affirming consent in any other similar way, in accordance with the rules of applicable law. Clicking on that icon indicates your clear and irrevocable acceptance of this Licence and all of its terms and conditions. @@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ their choice. 14. Jurisdiction Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties, -— any litigation resulting from the interpretation of this License, arising +- any litigation resulting from the interpretation of this License, arising between the European Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, as a Licensor, and any Licensee, will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union, as laid down in article 272 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, -— any litigation arising between other parties and resulting from the +- any litigation arising between other parties and resulting from the interpretation of this License, will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent court where the Licensor resides or conducts its primary business. @@ -279,30 +279,30 @@ Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties, 15. Applicable Law Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties, -— this Licence shall be governed by the law of the European Union Member State +- this Licence shall be governed by the law of the European Union Member State where the Licensor has his seat, resides or has his registered office, -— this licence shall be governed by Belgian law if the Licensor has no seat, +- this licence shall be governed by Belgian law if the Licensor has no seat, residence or registered office inside a European Union Member State. Appendix -‘Compatible Licences’ according to Article 5 EUPL are: -— GNU General Public License (GPL) v. 2, v. 3 -— GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v. 3 -— Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 -— Eclipse Public License (EPL) v. 1.0 -— CeCILL v. 2.0, v. 2.1 -— Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) v. 2 -— GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) v. 2.1, v. 3 -— Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v. 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) for +'Compatible Licences' according to Article 5 EUPL are: +- GNU General Public License (GPL) v. 2, v. 3 +- GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v. 3 +- Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 +- Eclipse Public License (EPL) v. 1.0 +- CeCILL v. 2.0, v. 2.1 +- Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) v. 2 +- GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) v. 2.1, v. 3 +- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v. 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) for works other than software -— European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v. 1.1, v. 1.2 -— Québec Free and Open-Source Licence — Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R) or +- European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v. 1.1, v. 1.2 +- Québec Free and Open-Source Licence - Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R) or Strong Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R+) -— The European Commission may update this Appendix to later versions of the +- The European Commission may update this Appendix to later versions of the above licences without producing a new version of the EUPL, as long as they provide the rights granted in Article 2 of this Licence and protect the covered Source Code from exclusive appropriation. -— All other changes or additions to this Appendix require the production of a +- All other changes or additions to this Appendix require the production of a new EUPL version. diff --git a/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt b/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt index 407ae1f..06cf8cf 100644 --- a/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt +++ b/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: Permissions of this copyleft license are conditioned on making avai how: This license is an additional set of permissions to the GNU GPLv3 license. Follow the instructions to apply the GNU GPLv3, in the root of your source code. Then add another file named COPYING.LESSER and copy the text. -note: The Free Software Foundation recommends taking the additional step of adding a boilerplate notice to the top of each file. The boilerplate can be found at the end of the GNU GPLv3 license. Insert the word “Lesser” before “General” in all three places in the boilerplate notice to make sure that you refer to the GNU LGPLv3 and not the GNU GPLv3. +note: The Free Software Foundation recommends taking the additional step of adding a boilerplate notice to the top of each file. The boilerplate can be found at the end of the GNU GPLv3 license. Insert the word "Lesser" before "General" in all three places in the boilerplate notice to make sure that you refer to the GNU LGPLv3 and not the GNU GPLv3. using: diff --git a/_licenses/upl-1.0.txt b/_licenses/upl-1.0.txt index 6c53e79..772858d 100644 --- a/_licenses/upl-1.0.txt +++ b/_licenses/upl-1.0.txt @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Works (as defined below), to deal in both (a) the Software, and (b) any piece of software and/or hardware listed in the lrgrwrks.txt file if -one is included with the Software (each a “Larger Work” to which the Software +one is included with the Software (each a "Larger Work" to which the Software is contributed by such licensors), without restriction, including without limitation the rights to copy, create diff --git a/licenses.html b/licenses.html index 62cd60c..29e13ef 100644 --- a/licenses.html +++ b/licenses.html @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ title: Licenses ---

    Open source licenses grant permission for anybody to use, modify, and share licensed software for any purpose, subject to conditions preserving the provenance and openness of the software. The following licenses are sorted by the number of conditions, from most (GNU AGPLv3) to none (Unlicense). Notice that the popular licenses featured on the home page (GNU GPLv3 and MIT) fall within this spectrum.

    -

    If you're looking for a reference table of every license on choosealicense.com, see the appendix.

    +

    If you’re looking for a reference table of every license on choosealicense.com, see the appendix.

    {% include license-overview.html license-id="agpl-3.0" %} {% include license-overview.html license-id="gpl-3.0" %} @@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ title: Licenses {% include license-overview.html license-id="bsl-1.0" %} {% include license-overview.html license-id="unlicense" %} -The above licenses represent the entire spectrum of open source licenses, from highly protective to unconditional. One of these should work for most new open source projects. Many other open source licenses exist, including older versions of and close substitutes for some of the above. See the resources listed on our about page if you'd like to read more. +The above licenses represent the entire spectrum of open source licenses, from highly protective to unconditional. One of these should work for most new open source projects. Many other open source licenses exist, including older versions of and close substitutes for some of the above. See the resources listed on our about page if you’d like to read more. diff --git a/no-permission.md b/no-permission.md index b17682b..d7e4a3f 100644 --- a/no-permission.md +++ b/no-permission.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title: No License description: "You're under no obligation to choose a license and it's your right not to include one with your code or project. But please note that opting out of open source licenses doesn't mean you're opting out of copyright law." --- -When you make a creative work (which includes code), the work is under exclusive copyright by default. Unless you include a license that specifies otherwise, nobody else can copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation. Once the work has other contributors (each a copyright holder), “nobody” starts including you. +When you make a creative work (which includes code), the work is under exclusive copyright by default. Unless you include a license that specifies otherwise, nobody else can copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation. Once the work has other contributors (each a copyright holder), "nobody" starts including you. Even in the absence of a license file, you may grant some rights in cases where you publish your source code to a site that requires accepting terms of service. For example, if you publish your source code in a public repository on GitHub, you have accepted the [Terms of Service](https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service), by which you allow others to view and fork your repository. Others may not need your permission if [limitations and exceptions to copyright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitations_and_exceptions_to_copyright) apply to their particular situation. Neither site terms nor jurisdiction-specific copyright limitations are sufficient for the kinds of collaboration that people usually seek on a public code host, such as experimentation, modification, and sharing as fostered by an open source license. From a86a42c06a6c4639bf2b0955b0e68a8281c59d58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldir Pimenta Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:59:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Fix a typo in the terms of service --- terms-of-service.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/terms-of-service.md b/terms-of-service.md index 23074e2..4bafd9a 100644 --- a/terms-of-service.md +++ b/terms-of-service.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The next few sections of these Terms go into greater detail on these disclaimers ### 4. 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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY From aedef9e369a9b92b0c6573a2626c493c640ade59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Linksvayer Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 14:38:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Partially revert "Harmonize quotation marks and apostrophes" Partially reverts commit 3e2b69c68a155c462658c2d28a90a2f00a4e6f5d. --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 4 +- _licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt | 2 +- _licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt | 2 +- _licenses/eupl-1.1.txt | 18 +++---- _licenses/eupl-1.2.txt | 100 ++++++++++++++++++------------------- _licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt | 2 +- _licenses/upl-1.0.txt | 2 +- no-permission.md | 2 +- 8 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 4c4f6c6..bcdc83f 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](C So you want to contribute to ChooseALicense. Great! We welcome any help we can get. But first, please make sure you understand what -[this site is all about](https://choosealicense.com/about). It's not a comprehensive list of all possible licenses. +[this site is all about](https://choosealicense.com/about). It’s not a comprehensive list of all possible licenses. ## Adding a license @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Note what issue/issues your patch fixes in the commit message. For example, to [change this file](/CONTRIBUTING.md), find it in the GitHub repository. Then click the `Edit` button. Make your changes, type in a commit message, and click the `Propose File Change` button. -That's it! +That’s it! For more advanced changes, check out [the bootstrap instructions](https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com#run-it-on-your-machine) in the [project's readme](/README.md). diff --git a/_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt b/_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt index 33e535d..baa5c9f 100644 --- a/_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt +++ b/_licenses/cc-by-4.0.txt @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Section 8 -- Interpretation. Creative Commons is not a party to its public licenses. Notwithstanding, Creative Commons may elect to apply one of its public licenses to material it publishes and in those instances will be -considered the "Licensor." The text of the Creative Commons public +considered the “Licensor.” The text of the Creative Commons public licenses is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Except for the limited purpose of indicating that material is shared under a Creative Commons public license or as otherwise diff --git a/_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt b/_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt index 3aec17e..b392785 100644 --- a/_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt +++ b/_licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0.txt @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Section 8 -- Interpretation. Creative Commons is not a party to its public licenses. Notwithstanding, Creative Commons may elect to apply one of its public licenses to material it publishes and in those instances will be -considered the "Licensor." The text of the Creative Commons public +considered the “Licensor.” The text of the Creative Commons public licenses is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Except for the limited purpose of indicating that material is shared under a Creative Commons public license or as otherwise diff --git a/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt b/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt index c29f478..b2512b7 100644 --- a/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt +++ b/_licenses/eupl-1.1.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: European Union Public License 1.1 spdx-id: EUPL-1.1 redirect_from: /licenses/eupl-v1.1/ -description: The "European Union Public Licence" (EUPL) is a copyleft free/open source software license created on the initiative of and approved by the European Commission in 22 official languages of the European Union. +description: The “European Union Public Licence” (EUPL) is a copyleft free/open source software license created on the initiative of and approved by the European Commission in 22 official languages of the European Union. how: Create a text file (typically named COPYING or LICENCE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ V. 1.1 EUPL © the European Community 2007 -This European Union Public Licence (the "EUPL") applies to the +This European Union Public Licence (the “EUPL”) applies to the Work or Software (as defined below) which is provided under the terms of this Licence. Any use of the Work, other than as authorised under this Licence is prohibited (to the extent such use is covered by a right of the copyright @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ communicates the Work under the Licence. - Contributor(s): any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under the Licence, or otherwise contributes to the creation of a Derivative Work. -- The Licensee or "You": any natural or legal person who makes any usage of +- The Licensee or “You”: any natural or legal person who makes any usage of the Software under the terms of the Licence. - Distribution and/or Communication: any act of selling, giving, lending, @@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence. For the sake of this clause, -"Compatible Licence" refers to the licences listed in the appendix -attached to this Licence. Should the Licensee's obligations under the +“Compatible Licence” refers to the licences listed in the appendix +attached to this Licence. Should the Licensee’s obligations under the Compatible Licence conflict with his/her obligations under this Licence, the obligations of the Compatible Licence shall prevail. @@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ the terms of this Licence. The Work is a work in progress, which is continuously improved by numerous contributors. It is not a finished work and may therefore contain defects or -"bugs" inherent to this type of software development. +“bugs” inherent to this type of software development. -For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an "as is" +For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an “as is” basis and without warranties of any kind concerning the Work, including without limitation merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, absence of defects or errors, accuracy, non-infringement of intellectual property @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ liability. 10. Acceptance of the Licence The provisions of this Licence can be accepted by clicking on -an icon "I agree" placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of +an icon “I agree” placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of this Licence or by affirming consent in any other similar way, in accordance with the rules of applicable law. Clicking on that icon indicates your clear and irrevocable acceptance of this Licence and @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ registered office inside a European Union country. Appendix -"Compatible Licences" according to article 5 EUPL are: +“Compatible Licences” according to article 5 EUPL are: - GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) v. 2 - Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 - Common Public License v. 1.0 diff --git a/_licenses/eupl-1.2.txt b/_licenses/eupl-1.2.txt index ac81a52..3d75c17 100644 --- a/_licenses/eupl-1.2.txt +++ b/_licenses/eupl-1.2.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ spdx-id: EUPL-1.2 description: The European Union Public Licence (EUPL) is a copyleft free/open source software license created on the initiative of and approved by the European Commission in 22 official languages of the European Union. -how: Indicate "Licensed under the EUPL" following the copyright notice of your source code, for example in a README file or directly in a source code file as a comment. +how: Indicate “Licensed under the EUPL” following the copyright notice of your source code, for example in a README file or directly in a source code file as a comment. using: AethysRotation: https://github.com/SimCMinMax/AethysRotation/blob/master/LICENSE @@ -37,42 +37,42 @@ V. 1.2 EUPL © the European Union 2007, 2016 -This European Union Public Licence (the 'EUPL') applies to the Work (as +This European Union Public Licence (the ‘EUPL’) applies to the Work (as defined below) which is provided under the terms of this Licence. Any use of the Work, other than as authorised under this Licence is prohibited (to the extent such use is covered by a right of the copyright holder of the Work). The Work is provided under the terms of this Licence when the Licensor (as defined below) has placed the following notice immediately following the -copyright notice for the Work: "Licensed under the EUPL", or has expressed by +copyright notice for the Work: “Licensed under the EUPL”, or has expressed by any other means his willingness to license under the EUPL. 1. Definitions In this Licence, the following terms have the following meaning: -- 'The Licence': this Licence. -- 'The Original Work': the work or software distributed or communicated by the - 'Licensor under this Licence, available as Source Code and also as - 'Executable Code as the case may be. -- 'Derivative Works': the works or software that could be created by the - 'Licensee, based upon the Original Work or modifications thereof. This - 'Licence does not define the extent of modification or dependence on the - 'Original Work required in order to classify a work as a Derivative Work; - 'this extent is determined by copyright law applicable in the country - 'mentioned in Article 15. -- 'The Work': the Original Work or its Derivative Works. -- 'The Source Code': the human-readable form of the Work which is the most +— ‘The Licence’: this Licence. +— ‘The Original Work’: the work or software distributed or communicated by the + ‘Licensor under this Licence, available as Source Code and also as + ‘Executable Code as the case may be. +— ‘Derivative Works’: the works or software that could be created by the + ‘Licensee, based upon the Original Work or modifications thereof. This + ‘Licence does not define the extent of modification or dependence on the + ‘Original Work required in order to classify a work as a Derivative Work; + ‘this extent is determined by copyright law applicable in the country + ‘mentioned in Article 15. +— ‘The Work’: the Original Work or its Derivative Works. +— ‘The Source Code’: the human-readable form of the Work which is the most convenient for people to study and modify. -- 'The Executable Code': any code which has generally been compiled and which +— ‘The Executable Code’: any code which has generally been compiled and which is meant to be interpreted by a computer as a program. -- 'The Licensor': the natural or legal person that distributes or communicates +— ‘The Licensor’: the natural or legal person that distributes or communicates the Work under the Licence. -- 'Contributor(s)': any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under +— ‘Contributor(s)’: any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under the Licence, or otherwise contributes to the creation of a Derivative Work. -- 'The Licensee' or 'You': any natural or legal person who makes any usage of +— ‘The Licensee’ or ‘You’: any natural or legal person who makes any usage of the Work under the terms of the Licence. -- 'Distribution' or 'Communication': any act of selling, giving, lending, +— ‘Distribution’ or ‘Communication’: any act of selling, giving, lending, renting, distributing, communicating, transmitting, or otherwise making available, online or offline, copies of the Work or providing access to its essential functionalities at the disposal of any other natural or legal @@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ The Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable licence to do the following, for the duration of copyright vested in the Original Work: -- use the Work in any circumstance and for all usage, -- reproduce the Work, -- modify the Work, and make Derivative Works based upon the Work, -- communicate to the public, including the right to make available or display +— use the Work in any circumstance and for all usage, +— reproduce the Work, +— modify the Work, and make Derivative Works based upon the Work, +— communicate to the public, including the right to make available or display the Work or copies thereof to the public and perform publicly, as the case may be, the Work, -- distribute the Work or copies thereof, -- lend and rent the Work or copies thereof, -- sublicense rights in the Work or copies thereof. +— distribute the Work or copies thereof, +— lend and rent the Work or copies thereof, +— sublicense rights in the Work or copies thereof. Those rights can be exercised on any media, supports and formats, whether now known or later invented, as far as the applicable law permits so. @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Copyleft clause: If the Licensee distributes or communicates copies of the Original Works or Derivative Works, this Distribution or Communication will be done under the terms of this Licence or of a later version of this Licence unless the Original Work is expressly distributed only under this version of -the Licence - for example by communicating 'EUPL v. 1.2 only'. The Licensee +the Licence — for example by communicating ‘EUPL v. 1.2 only’. The Licensee (becoming Licensor) cannot offer or impose any additional terms or conditions on the Work or Derivative Work that alter or restrict the terms of the Licence. @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Compatibility clause: If the Licensee Distributes or Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon both the Work and another work licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution or Communication can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence. For the sake of this clause, -'Compatible Licence' refers to the licences listed in the appendix attached to +‘Compatible Licence’ refers to the licences listed in the appendix attached to this Licence. Should the Licensee's obligations under the Compatible Licence conflict with his/her obligations under this Licence, the obligations of the Compatible Licence shall prevail. @@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ terms of this Licence. The Work is a work in progress, which is continuously improved by numerous Contributors. It is not a finished work and may therefore contain defects or -'bugs' inherent to this type of development. +‘bugs’ inherent to this type of development. -For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an 'as is' +For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an ‘as is’ basis and without warranties of any kind concerning the Work, including without limitation merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, absence of defects or errors, accuracy, non-infringement of intellectual property @@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ liability. 10. Acceptance of the Licence -The provisions of this Licence can be accepted by clicking on an icon 'I -agree' placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of this Licence +The provisions of this Licence can be accepted by clicking on an icon ‘I +agree’ placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of this Licence or by affirming consent in any other similar way, in accordance with the rules of applicable law. Clicking on that icon indicates your clear and irrevocable acceptance of this Licence and all of its terms and conditions. @@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ their choice. 14. Jurisdiction Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties, -- any litigation resulting from the interpretation of this License, arising +— any litigation resulting from the interpretation of this License, arising between the European Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, as a Licensor, and any Licensee, will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union, as laid down in article 272 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, -- any litigation arising between other parties and resulting from the +— any litigation arising between other parties and resulting from the interpretation of this License, will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent court where the Licensor resides or conducts its primary business. @@ -279,30 +279,30 @@ Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties, 15. Applicable Law Without prejudice to specific agreement between parties, -- this Licence shall be governed by the law of the European Union Member State +— this Licence shall be governed by the law of the European Union Member State where the Licensor has his seat, resides or has his registered office, -- this licence shall be governed by Belgian law if the Licensor has no seat, +— this licence shall be governed by Belgian law if the Licensor has no seat, residence or registered office inside a European Union Member State. Appendix -'Compatible Licences' according to Article 5 EUPL are: -- GNU General Public License (GPL) v. 2, v. 3 -- GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v. 3 -- Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 -- Eclipse Public License (EPL) v. 1.0 -- CeCILL v. 2.0, v. 2.1 -- Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) v. 2 -- GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) v. 2.1, v. 3 -- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v. 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) for +‘Compatible Licences’ according to Article 5 EUPL are: +— GNU General Public License (GPL) v. 2, v. 3 +— GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v. 3 +— Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0 +— Eclipse Public License (EPL) v. 1.0 +— CeCILL v. 2.0, v. 2.1 +— Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) v. 2 +— GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) v. 2.1, v. 3 +— Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v. 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) for works other than software -- European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v. 1.1, v. 1.2 -- Québec Free and Open-Source Licence - Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R) or +— European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v. 1.1, v. 1.2 +— Québec Free and Open-Source Licence — Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R) or Strong Reciprocity (LiLiQ-R+) -- The European Commission may update this Appendix to later versions of the +— The European Commission may update this Appendix to later versions of the above licences without producing a new version of the EUPL, as long as they provide the rights granted in Article 2 of this Licence and protect the covered Source Code from exclusive appropriation. -- All other changes or additions to this Appendix require the production of a +— All other changes or additions to this Appendix require the production of a new EUPL version. diff --git a/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt b/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt index 06cf8cf..407ae1f 100644 --- a/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt +++ b/_licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: Permissions of this copyleft license are conditioned on making avai how: This license is an additional set of permissions to the GNU GPLv3 license. Follow the instructions to apply the GNU GPLv3, in the root of your source code. Then add another file named COPYING.LESSER and copy the text. -note: The Free Software Foundation recommends taking the additional step of adding a boilerplate notice to the top of each file. The boilerplate can be found at the end of the GNU GPLv3 license. Insert the word "Lesser" before "General" in all three places in the boilerplate notice to make sure that you refer to the GNU LGPLv3 and not the GNU GPLv3. +note: The Free Software Foundation recommends taking the additional step of adding a boilerplate notice to the top of each file. The boilerplate can be found at the end of the GNU GPLv3 license. Insert the word “Lesser” before “General” in all three places in the boilerplate notice to make sure that you refer to the GNU LGPLv3 and not the GNU GPLv3. using: diff --git a/_licenses/upl-1.0.txt b/_licenses/upl-1.0.txt index 772858d..6c53e79 100644 --- a/_licenses/upl-1.0.txt +++ b/_licenses/upl-1.0.txt @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Works (as defined below), to deal in both (a) the Software, and (b) any piece of software and/or hardware listed in the lrgrwrks.txt file if -one is included with the Software (each a "Larger Work" to which the Software +one is included with the Software (each a “Larger Work” to which the Software is contributed by such licensors), without restriction, including without limitation the rights to copy, create diff --git a/no-permission.md b/no-permission.md index d7e4a3f..b17682b 100644 --- a/no-permission.md +++ b/no-permission.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title: No License description: "You're under no obligation to choose a license and it's your right not to include one with your code or project. 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