- document criteria for whether a license is hidden
- needed for license spectrum on /licenses OR
- on 'popular' list at https://opensource.org/licenses (some other list could be used in the future)
- adjust license properties and tests accordingly
This gets non-hidden list back close to what it was before #386 and (pending licensee vendoring this change, licensee release, and github.com licensee dependency version bump) some commonly requested licenses (eg #413#449) will reappear in the github.com license drop-down.
Add missing nicknames
Use SPDX ID if no customary nickname (eg GNU GPLv3) exists
This ensures that a relatively compact name is always available
I may be missing some obvious customary names, e.g., is "Eclipse
1.0" customary? For now I've used the SPDX ID, EPL-1.0.
Searched with `git log -Srename`
Arguably *could* be used to describe ofl-1.1 or artistic-2.0, but
renaming is an option for licensors to include in ofl-1.1 and one
of a few ways to comply with artistic-2.0. Doesn't seem straightforward
or common enough to catalog here.
and are structured
grant (permissions)
conditioned on (conditions)
with limitations
Permissions coming first combats mistaken but apparently widespread
impression that licenses impose conditions, even such that without
a license, there would be no conditions/work would be in the public
domain.
Requirements->Conditions emphasizes that they are pertinent if one
wants to take advantage of permissions.
Forbiddens->Limitations is more accurate: in most cases licenses
don't give permission to hold licensors liable, in some cases to
use licensors' trademarks or patents, but a licensee does not lose
the permissions granted by the license if the licensee holds licensor
liable, etc. Also emphasizes that there are limitatations on the
license grant, not that the license imposes prohibitions.
The most concise place to see both the rename and reorder is in
_includes/license-overview.html
I did not reorder the appearance of the groups of properties in
license source files (.txt files in _licenses) as those orderings
are not used to render anything on the webiste. Might do so later.
Mike Linksvayer