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- Sentence for "list of licenses common for specific communities"
  reads a little easier as:

   "list of licenses common to specific communities"

- Markdown with uppercase first letter, as a type
- Removed "I counted" as the repo voice otherwise
  doesn't come from a single person
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Like a Choose Your Own Adventure site, but only much less interesting.
A lot of repositories on GitHub.com don't have a license. GitHub provides A lot of repositories on GitHub.com don't have a license. GitHub provides
a license chooser, but if you don't know anything about licenses, how are you a license chooser, but if you don't know anything about licenses, how are you
supposed to make an informed decision. supposed to make an informed decision?
ChooseALicense.com is designed to help people make an informed decision about ChooseALicense.com is designed to help people make an informed decision about
licenses. licenses.
@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ licenses.
* Politics Free - Let's just not get into it. * Politics Free - Let's just not get into it.
* Well designed, but that goes without saying. * Well designed, but that goes without saying.
* The homepage should have just enough to help 99% of folks make a decision. * The homepage should have just enough to help 99% of folks make a decision.
* For the 1%, the site will contain a list of licenses common for specific * For the 1%, the site will contain a list of licenses common to specific
communities and situations. communities and situations.
* Not comprehensive. Seems like an odd goal, but there are a bajillion * Not comprehensive. Seems like an odd goal, but there are a bajillion
(I counted) licenses out there. We're going to have to filter that down to a licenses out there. We're going to have to filter that down to a
small list of those that matter. small list of those that matter.
# Run It On Your Machine # Run It On Your Machine
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# Adding a license # Adding a license
Licenses sit in the `/licenses` folder as markdown (`.md`) files. Each license has YAML front matter describing the license's properties. The body of the markdown file should be the text of the license. The available metadata fields are: Licenses sit in the `/licenses` folder as Markdown (`.md`) files. Each license has YAML front matter describing the license's properties. The body of the Markdown file should be the text of the license. The available metadata fields are:
* `title` - The name of the license * `title` - The name of the license
* `layout` - This should be `license` * `layout` - This should be `license`