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Native DTrace probes for node.js apps
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Add "license" and "licenses" to package.json #42

Closed garthk closed 7 years ago

garthk commented 10 years ago

Specifying your license in package.json makes it a lot easier for your users to find and comply with GNU Affero licenses.

Also giving licenses (an array of objects with type and url keys) helps users whose legal departments request both the license name and the text. See this example from async:

  "licenses": [{
    "type": "MIT",
    "url": "https://github.com/caolan/async/raw/master/LICENSE"
  }]

Though licenses isn't specified in the npm package.json spec, it is supported by the NPM site, as you'll see if you check async's NPM page.

Thanks!

hpurmann commented 8 years ago

It would be really cool if this module gets a license file + license entry in the package.json. @chrisa @davepacheco, what do you think about it?

davepacheco commented 8 years ago

This sounds good to me. (There's already a LICENCE file, but we could add a field to package.json.)

patrickpilch commented 8 years ago

Licenses are now officially a part of the package.json spec. See here. It would make license compliance much easier when generating reports for the suits, using tools like license-checker or npm-license-crawler.

hpurmann commented 8 years ago

Or advocate, which generates the most detailed report of modules you are using.

davidbarton commented 8 years ago

+1

Could you please use standard license? It is easier to verify MIT, ISC or any standard one that custom text. Thanks!

melloc commented 7 years ago

Resolved in b733a45.