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Github doesn't auto-recognize this repo's licence #53

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ElenaFdR opened this issue Jan 20, 2021 · 1 comment
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Github doesn't auto-recognize this repo's licence #53

ElenaFdR opened this issue Jan 20, 2021 · 1 comment
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ElenaFdR commented Jan 20, 2021

(or a couple of others we use!)
This is clear when you skim the repos on our org page - only some are shown are having a licence.

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In 2016, Github said they use Licensee for this.
Licensee says that they rely on the choosealicense.com database.
Choosealicense.com does include the EUPL in their database.

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Unless we have custom versions of the licenses that Github doesn't recognize, then I suggest we update our license files to the versions of the text used by choosealicense.com.

This will help people coming to our org page and our repos for the first time more quickly and easily understand the licences we use.

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bvhme commented Feb 4, 2021

The Jekyll theme also had configuration for displaying any copyright message, although I expect that to be vestigial by now.

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