# Each license has YAML front matter describing the license's properties. # The available fields are: - name: title description: The license full name specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/ required: true - name: spdx-id description: Short identifier specified by http://spdx.org/licenses/ required: true - name: source description: The URL to the license source text required: true - name: description description: A human-readable description of the license required: true - name: how description: Instructions on how to implement the license required: true - name: conditions description: Bulleted list of required rules required: true - name: permissions description: Bulleted list of permitted rules required: true - name: limitations description: Bulleted list of limited rules required: true - name: using description: 'A list of 3 notable projects using the license with straightforward LICENSE files which serve as examples newcomers can follow and that can be detected by [licensee](https://github.com/benbalter/licensee) in the form of `project_name: license_file_url`' required: true # Optional fields - name: featured description: Whether the license should be featured on the main page (defaults to false) required: false - name: hidden description: Whether the license is neither [popular](https://opensource.org/licenses) nor fills out the [spectrum of licenses](http://choosealicense.com/licenses/) from strongly conditional to unconditional (defaults to true) required: false - name: nickname description: Customary short name if applicable (e.g, GPLv3) required: false - name: note description: Additional information about the licenses required: false - name: redirect_from description: Relative path(s) to redirect to the license from, to prevent breaking old URLs required: false