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Matti Schneider
0b57486e2c Line wrap at 78 characters 
As per CONTRIBUTING rules
 2017-06-23 17:01:59 +02:00
Matti Schneider
bcbf76b178 Add EUPL v1.2 2017-06-22 09:55:18 +02:00
Haralan Dobrev
22a9b2bc80 Link to unlicense.org on HTTPS 2017-06-20 22:30:04 +03:00
Waldir Pimenta
22dc2dbe36 fix typo: soley --> solely 2017-06-18 23:40:11 +01:00
Waldir Pimenta
d7e5529839 fix typo: soley --> solely 2017-06-18 23:39:22 +01:00
John Jago
edf588b327 Replace dual-licensed example with RDF.rb 2017-06-10 12:45:38 -05:00
Jan
435252f5c0 Use docopt.rs as example for the Unlicense 2017-06-09 10:49:50 +02:00
Jan
03bf491cd4 Remove stacktrace.js as Unlicense example 2017-06-09 09:59:16 +02:00
Mike Linksvayer
1726b836bb make using required for new licenses 2017-05-30 14:17:13 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
b3f003eba0 fix uncool EUPL link 2017-05-27 12:31:01 -07:00
Evan Ogas
3215952d39 Fix .NET Core license.txt url 2017-05-17 16:34:04 -04:00
Mike Linksvayer
b225f1f94b Example project moved its license file, update 2017-04-21 18:20:47 -07:00
Naren Dasan
d818ba67fa update developed by 2017-03-25 13:15:30 -07:00
Naren Dasan
7eb2639152 Update ncsa.txt 2017-03-24 12:51:02 -07:00
Naren Dasan
19544b0112 Matching SPDX over OSI 2017-03-24 12:45:18 -07:00
Naren Dasan
27570c5e3f Added different projects and typo 2017-03-24 12:39:36 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
8e08db2e27 rm trademark-use limitation; this just has a non-endorsement clause 2017-03-24 11:47:47 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
abff65e95d rm fields with default values 2017-03-24 11:40:33 -07:00
Naren Dasan
da0e011c66 Change hidden to true 2017-03-23 23:19:04 -07:00
Naren Dasan
c8ac779574 fix links 2017-03-23 22:50:03 -07:00
Naren Dasan
2247a46e7c distibute -> distribution 2017-03-23 21:49:33 -07:00
Naren Dasan
cae5457dfa Update ncsa.txt 2017-03-23 21:47:46 -07:00
Naren Dasan
d0af1481b0 links 2017-03-23 18:51:32 -07:00
Naren Dasan
e29f5d16d9 Update ncsa.txt 2017-03-23 18:45:40 -07:00
Naren Dasan
713b9b6020 Adding NCSA License 2017-03-23 18:41:20 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
69ad10f6c9 []->{} consistency in ECL-2.0 appendix 
See https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/494#issuecomment-287436948 and Apache-2.0 treatment here.
 2017-03-20 10:13:37 -07:00
Matthew Buckett
388396f933 Dropped duplicate heading on ECL license. 2017-03-17 18:03:29 +00:00
Mike Linksvayer
52a73b8286 rm fields with default values 2017-03-17 10:42:31 -07:00
Matthew Buckett
2f005b33f9 Add ECL-2.0 License 
The Educational Community License version 2.0 ("ECL") consists of the Apache 2.0 license, modified to change the scope of the patent grant in section 3 to be specific to the needs of the education communities using this license.
 2017-03-17 11:20:57 +00:00
Mike Linksvayer
556c006266 Fix copyright line, which pertains to the license itself 
See http://www.wtfpl.net/faq/
 2017-03-02 17:37:03 -08:00
Jacob Mischka
092ad597e3
Change copyright date 2004 -> [year] in wtfpl 2017-03-02 19:18:44 -06:00
Mike Linksvayer
1ce6e03c5e simplify 2017-02-19 17:31:58 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
6ae1f697d7 same-license--variations 2017-02-19 14:37:32 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
57f7891273 no-liability -> liability, warranty 
rename and add tag and associated descriptions

fixes #412
 2016-12-12 14:29:25 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
570f69e4ec hidden: false for 'popular' licenses 
- 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.
 2016-09-26 11:20:44 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
8de49ac800 alignment with other records 
* same-license is not a limitation and doesn't apply in any way to BSL-1.0
* other licenses with a per-file notice recommendation get that added to the note field
* have the description mention the reason for this license existing, binary distribution without notices (IIUC)
* remove using: pending an example that can be followed by others and detected eg on GitHub, see https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/blob/gh-pages/README.md#optional-fields and see #358 #372 #377
 2016-09-16 15:40:36 -07:00
Jochen Topf
6a74345a6d Add Boost Software License 1.0. 2016-09-16 10:12:43 +02:00
Mike Linksvayer
e800e1c845 Remove variation in instructions for applying LGPLv3 
Leaving only the option described in https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

Following from discussion at https://github.com/benbalter/licensee/pull/113#r78846987
 2016-09-14 14:45:04 -07:00
Waldir Pimenta
e0b2b9294d unlicense: fix typo "kakokune" -->"kakoune" 2016-08-22 20:03:52 +01:00
Waldir Pimenta
9e6528c68f sort license properties in the order permissions > conditions > limitations (fixes #387) 2016-08-22 19:42:42 +01:00
Waldir Pimenta
e81e63e696 unlicense: add 3 popular projects using it 2016-08-22 18:24:02 +01:00
Sam Gluck
f44e11237b Fix source URL for ms-rl license 2016-07-24 09:47:39 +01:00
Mike Linksvayer
28c245adec small wording fix, see https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/440#issuecomment-230809370 2016-07-06 11:20:27 -07:00
Waldir Pimenta
cfa7104f85 Fix instructions for Artistic 2.0 (follow-up #333) 
cf. #103, #310 and #333
cc @mlinksva, @benbalter, @bkeepers and @Haacked
 2016-07-06 15:02:20 +01:00
Paul Chaignon
28f55954bf zlib license 2016-07-01 20:52:01 +02:00
Emil Gedda
bed6d31cc7 Correct the spelling of "license" in wtfpl 
Just a minor correction i found while browsing.
 2016-06-15 21:44:52 +02:00
Mike Linksvayer
cf79b35e06 re-add optional hidden field, default to true 
licenses on /licenses have `hidden: false` set

fixes #434
 2016-06-14 10:35:44 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
7cefe4c92d rm unncessary 'additionally' 2016-06-03 10:25:30 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
6d8339765e remove somewhat redundant words 2016-06-03 10:10:08 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
d6f7e196ca Merge branch 'gh-pages' into functional-descriptions 2016-06-01 09:01:10 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
28e4765dfe spdx-id required, nickname only for licenses with customary short names 2016-05-24 16:21:13 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
6fe44f4637 Make nickname a required meta field 
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.
 2016-05-24 14:21:29 -05:00
Philippe Loctaux
4c4f200344 Update bsd-3-clause.txt 2016-05-23 23:28:53 +02:00
Philippe Loctaux
4636330a4c Update bsd-3-clause-clear.txt 2016-05-23 23:28:32 +02:00
Philippe Loctaux
edbb88820a Update bsd-3-clause-clear.txt 
fixed spelling
 2016-05-23 08:27:44 +02:00
Philippe Loctaux
f58d55c699 Update bsd-3-clause.txt 
fixed spelling
 2016-05-23 08:27:24 +02:00
Philippe Loctaux
a84497089b Update bsd-3-clause.txt 2016-05-20 00:36:36 +02:00
Philippe Loctaux
88eab45508 Update bsd-3-clause-clear.txt 2016-05-20 00:36:21 +02:00
Mike Linksvayer
76970d1170 Merge branch 'gh-pages' into functional-descriptions 2016-05-03 14:44:18 -07:00
Théo Zimmermann
1f667089c7 Highlight projects with simpler licensing practices 2016-05-03 22:53:25 +02:00
Théo Zimmermann
a84fc73166 Update the link to LibreOffice license file 2016-05-03 17:52:42 +02:00
Théo Zimmermann
f915264bc8 Add examples of software under MPL 
No better links found for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.
 2016-05-03 12:27:55 +02:00
Théo Zimmermann
7eeef34696 Add a note on the recommended boilerplate 
See the recommendation of the Mozilla Foundation here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/FAQ/#license-use
 2016-05-03 11:53:33 +02:00
Mike Linksvayer
f92e91a72d improved wording suggested by @Zimmi48 2016-05-02 10:31:59 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
213c5400bc re-add 'featured' field 
was unused for choosealicense.com display after
https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/386

but choosealicense.com is vendored into licensee which eventually
is used in GitHub; 'featured' determines what is highlighted in
license drop-down eg at https://github.com/new
 2016-04-26 12:22:15 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
abef7e0bab state changes missing from 4 licenses which have condition 
also drop 'significant' from description, does not correspond to
any license
 2016-04-25 15:08:39 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
c208a53107 Include 'copyleft', 'permissive', and 'public domain' in descriptions 
Feedback from @waldyrious at
https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/396#issuecomment-213912884
 2016-04-24 10:06:46 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
7b4160681c Rework descriptions of 7 listed on /licenses 
- primarily functional
- drop self-naming
- minimize requiring significant understanding of other licenses or
  copyright
- should be excruciatingly bland for anyone who already knows the licenses
  well; newcomers shouldn't have to deal with baggage immediately

Probably a few more words should be added to the xGPLv3s about their
stronger patent terms.

Licenses not listed on /licenses could be described in similar style.
 2016-04-23 21:15:06 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
8be0e5f8c2 rm patent-use permission field from GPLv2 and LGPLv2.1 metadata 
There's a strong argument they have implied patent licenses, but
this site doesn't annotate any other implied patent licenses, as
one would expect given the description of the patent-use field "This
license provides an express grant of patent rights from the contributor
to the recipient."
 2016-04-12 20:09:48 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
b4cf070a82 rm no longer pertinent fields and tests 2016-04-07 18:48:15 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
922d4d3f79 add missing descriptions, missing property, slight desc tweaks 2016-04-04 10:56:29 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
9a5192cb21 AFL and OSL corrections 2016-04-02 17:54:21 -07:00
Waldir Pimenta
7c2763b747 Add list of projects using ISC (closes #377) 2016-03-28 19:06:40 +01:00
Mike Linksvayer
ca3a574513 Merge branch 'gh-pages' into adius-patch-1 2016-03-16 11:56:27 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
7c4ebdbb7c Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/gh-pages' into using-LICENSE 2016-03-16 11:27:14 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
4e1109c92b consistent self-id of bsd-2/3, mit following isc in #371 2016-03-15 14:51:19 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
9bdf2b2d36 cut down on and make using: links direct to licenses 
following pattern from #358
 2016-03-15 14:25:16 -07:00
Adrian Sieber
0bd80e1bff Add name of license to ISC license text 2016-03-15 19:13:39 +01:00
Mike Linksvayer
7a68ceb7cf opportunistic https to kick CI 2016-03-14 01:01:05 -07:00
Mike Linksvayer
e0299c5521 markdownify filter on fields for which markdown is OK 
as suggested by @benbalter in / fixes #367

also use markdown to make EUPL boilerplate linked
 2016-03-10 09:36:33 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
a4f990fe54 don't use markdown in note: field 2016-03-09 20:24:25 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
068fe71365 Merge branch 'gh-pages' into pd-deduplication 2016-03-09 20:19:08 -08:00
Mark McKinstry
4d147ca4df add note to CC0 about boilerplate 
https://blog.creativecommons.org/2011/04/15/using-cc0-for-public-domain-software/
 2016-03-09 22:39:01 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
e6ed3ecb2f Merge branch 'gh-pages' into CoC 2016-03-07 17:18:47 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
0b83d3d44e drop "dedication" from family name, fix #289; drop double empty condition properties 2016-03-07 15:43:39 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
1e7e054a26 Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/gh-pages' into gplv3-home 2016-03-05 10:08:16 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
9a56c327d7 opportunistic https to kick CI 2016-03-02 18:27:44 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
ab3ee0061b take projects listed on homepage from license using property 2016-03-02 18:23:31 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
9ec2de1a50 rm gplv2 from homepage 
- remove descrption of v2 v3 difference
- add to description v3 express patent grant
- update example projects to only include v3 ones
- move v2 projects to gplv2 license using property

partially addresses feedback in #335
 2016-03-02 10:19:33 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
aca74d3aa3 another https opportunistic to kick CI 
https://travis-ci.org/github/choosealicense.com/builds/112981705
 2016-03-01 14:43:23 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
810eeb5618 rename/order license properties better reflect how licenses work 
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.
 2016-03-01 13:33:15 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
ede7a09118 Add "forbidden" property for "patent-use", mirroring "trademark-use", 
for the sorry licenses that explicitly do not grant any patent
permissions
 2016-02-28 12:10:23 -08:00
W. Trevor King
39154843df cc-by-sa-4.0: Weaken "same license" to mention compatibility 
The human-readable summary uses "same license" [1], but also links to
a page listing other compatible licenses [2], and the license text
includes a compatible-license alternative [3,4].  This commit links to
that same set of compatible licenses using Mike's wording [5].

[1]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
[2]: https://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses/
[3]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode#s3b1
[4]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode#s1c
[5]: https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/353/files#r53963602
 2016-02-24 14:18:35 -08:00
W. Trevor King
a97a5bde53 cc-by-sa-4.0: Fix link to CC BY 4.0 (was self-reference) 
Correct a typo from c81c90ba (conform to SPDX title to make tests
work, #353).
 2016-02-24 14:07:49 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
814bf9ac58 Merge pull request #353 from github/cc 
Add qualifying CC licenses
 2016-02-23 17:14:45 -08:00
Waldir Pimenta
926ead535e remove spaces at EOL per discussion in #351 2016-02-21 22:10:43 +00:00
Mike Linksvayer
8e3f62f1e0 cleanup desc/how 2016-02-21 09:36:10 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
c81c90baa1 conform to SPDX title to make tests work 2016-02-21 09:21:23 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
3d1334c478 replace failing linka for abantecart 2016-02-20 09:27:21 -08:00
Mike Linksvayer
8e720907da recover indentation from source URL, note patent permission 2016-02-18 20:21:16 -08:00