diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 09e4212..43e5168 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Choosealicense.com is intended to demystify license choices, not present all of 1. The license must have [an SPDX identifier](https://spdx.org/licenses/). If your license isn't registered with SPDX, please [request that it be added](https://spdx.org/spdx-license-list/request-new-license-or-exception). 2. The license must be listed on one of the following approved lists of licenses: - * [List of OSI approved licenses](https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical) - * [GNU's list of free licenses](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html) (*note: the license must be listed in one of the three "free" categories*) - * [Open Definition's list of conformant licenses](http://opendefinition.org/licenses/) (non-code) + * [List of OSI approved licenses](https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical) + * [GNU's list of free licenses](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html) (*note: the license must be listed in one of the three "free" categories*) + * [Open Definition's list of conformant licenses](http://opendefinition.org/licenses/) (non-code) 3. A [GitHub code search](https://github.com/search?q=MIT+filename%3ALICENSE&type=Code) must reveal at least *1,000* public repositories using the license If your proposed license meets the above criteria, here's a few other things to keep in mind as you propose the license's addition: @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ For more advanced changes, check out [the bootstrap instructions](https://github ## Testing -[HTML::Proofer](https://github.com/gjtorikian/html-proofer) is set up to validate all links within the project. You can run this locally to ensure that your changes are valid: +[HTML::Proofer](https://github.com/gjtorikian/html-proofer) is set up to validate all links within the project. You can run this locally to ensure that your changes are valid: ```shell ./script/bootstrap diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 38f43a1..867ebaf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ cd choosealicense.com script/bootstrap script/server ``` + Open `http://localhost:4000` in your favorite browser. ## Adding a license diff --git a/about.md b/about.md index 1ca6b49..9a8b306 100644 --- a/about.md +++ b/about.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ --- -title: About layout: default permalink: /about/ -title: What's this about? +title: "What's this about?" --- GitHub wants to help developers choose a license for their source code. @@ -11,23 +10,25 @@ If you already know what you're doing and have a license you prefer to use, that ## Not comprehensive -This site is not a comprehensive directory of open source licenses. We think there are too many options, which adds to the confusion. On the homepage, we break it down into just three licenses. The vast majority of projects will likely be fine choosing from one of these three. Just in case you have specific needs not covered by those three, we also highlight a [few other licenses to consider](/licenses/). +This site is not a comprehensive directory of open source licenses. We think there are too many options, which adds to the confusion. On the homepage, we break it down into just three licenses. The vast majority of projects will likely be fine choosing from one of these three. Just in case you have specific needs not covered by those three, we also highlight a [few other licenses to consider](/licenses/). ### Additional resources +{: .bullets} + * [Open Source Initiative](http://opensource.org/licenses/) - comprehensive list of open source licenses * [Comparison of free and open-source software licenses](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licenses) on Wikipedia * [License differentiator](http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/apps/licdiff/) from [OSS Watch](http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/) * [TLDRLegal](https://tldrlegal.com/){: data-proofer-ignore="true" } -{: .bullets} ### Tools +{: .bullets} + * [gem-licenses](https://github.com/dblock/gem-licenses) * [LicenseFinder](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder) * [License Maven Plugin](http://mojo.codehaus.org/license-maven-plugin/) * [AddALicense.com](http://www.addalicense.com/) -{: .bullets} ## Help us improve it diff --git a/terms-of-service.md b/terms-of-service.md index ce6f323..23074e2 100644 --- a/terms-of-service.md +++ b/terms-of-service.md @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ description: Terms governing your use of choosealicense.com --- ### 1. Introduction + Welcome to Choosealicense.com (the "Site"). The Site is operated by GitHub, Inc. ("GitHub" or "we"), a Delaware corporation headquartered in lovely San Francisco, California. This document – the Site's terms of service – is an agreement between you, the beloved user, and GitHub. It's referred to as the "Terms" or the "Agreement". These Terms govern your use of the Site and this Site only. The Terms neither relate to any other GitHub website, service or property nor your use of any other GitHub website, service or property. For example, these Terms don't govern your use of www.github.com.