Standardize licensing descriptors

[thehale]

GitHub will show a project's license(s) if each license is stored in a distinct file: https://github.blog/changelog/2022-05-26-easily-discover-and-navigate-to-multiple-licenses-in-repositories/

Additionally, using an SPDX license identifier in the license file and in the README will enable machine processing of the license.

• https://spdx.dev
• https://events.static.linuxfound.org/sites/events/files/Introduction%20to%20SPDX-without%20graphics.pdf

[thehale]

Here's how GitHub's rendering of the project's licenses looks as a result of the changes in this PR: Screenshot of my fork at thehale/twsearch

[lgarron]

Thanks for the contribution! It would indeed be nice to show both licenses once they are applicable to the entire project (which is not the case yet), although I'd definitely like to use a .md file extension.

GitHub will show a project's license(s) if each license is stored in a distinct file: https://github.blog/changelog/2022-05-26-easily-discover-and-navigate-to-multiple-licenses-in-repositories/

I'm not too enthused about multiple license files, but I suppose that's a reasonable tradeoff. @rokicki, any thoughts?

[thehale]

It would indeed be nice to show both licenses once they are applicable to the entire project (which is not the case yet)

I guess I hadn't realized that some pieces were still under a single license. I saw the one LICENSE.md with two license texts in it and figured splitting them for GitHub's sake was an easy first contribution as I explore this codebase more.

although I'd definitely like to use a .md file extension

I can fix that easily enough :D

[lgarron]

ohhh, my apologies, I just realized this PR is on the twsearch repo. Everything in this repo is dual GPL and MPL, so this sounds like a good change to me.

@rokicki, sound good to you?

[rokicki]

Sounds great to me!

-tom

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ohhh, my apologies, I just realized this PR is on the twsearch repo. Everything in this repo is dual MIT and GPL, so this sounds like a good change to me.

@rokicki https://github.com/rokicki, sound good to you?

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[lgarron]

Looking good. Thanks, @thehale!