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A Python implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown with Extension support.
https://python-markdown.github.io/
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Update the license template so GitHub can detect it #1437

Closed oprypin closed 7 months ago

oprypin commented 7 months ago

The license remains BSD 3-Clause but with a better known text.

Before:

$ ~/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.0.0/bin/licensee detect LICENSE.md
License:        NOASSERTION
Matched files:  LICENSE.md
LICENSE.md:
  Content hash:  da8d25a918e5eada76faf0acaf66e9d9f497f1cf
  License:       NOASSERTION
  Closest non-matching licenses:
    BSD-3-Clause similarity:        97.91%
    BSD-4-Clause similarity:        86.35%
    BSD-3-Clause-Clear similarity:  84.48%

After:

$ ~/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.0.0/bin/licensee detect LICENSE.md
License:        BSD-3-Clause
Matched files:  LICENSE.md
LICENSE.md:
  Content hash:  a961b19cc6921d510e29a13b0ba1a826fcffe41c
  Attribution:   Copyright 2007, 2008 The Python Markdown Project (v. 1.7 and later) 
Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Yuri Takhteyev (v. 0.2-1.6b) 
Copyright 2004 Manfred Stienstra (the original version)
  Confidence:    100.00%
  Matcher:       Licensee::Matchers::Exact
  License:       BSD-3-Clause