Clear license and add LICENSE file

[ssaavedra]

Hi, I like your addon. I suppose you want to license it as free software, as its source is browseable here on GitHub.

However, you have no license file on the repository, your code does not include any license header, and the information in https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-no-tracking-url/ is inconsistent with your package.json in the master branch.

On your package.json you say { "license": "MPL 2.0"}, but on Mozilla Addons, it's listed as "Custom License" with a link to the MPL 1.1.

If you don't clarify this information it can be challenging to contribute to your code, legally speaking.

If you would want to address these issues, I would recommend you that:

• You add a header to every source file you created, stating that is part of the same project and which rules apply to it (e.g., "Copyright 2016 Yourself. This file is part of Remove Google Redirects Addon for Firefox. It is licensed under the Foo License. Optionally, brief points to know about the foo license.")
• Add a LICENSE file to your repository, with the full text of the license you want your work licensed under
• Maybe add other things such as a CONTRIBUTORS file for stating contributions from others (when the time comes :wink:)
• Make the license on the published version at Mozilla Addons consistent with the source code

[matagus]

wow, amazing advice! Yes, I want to license it as free software.

I'll be fixing all these things based on your recommendations.

thanks a lot for taking the time @ssaavedra, it's a very clear and complete issue :)

[ssaavedra]

Well, thank you for actually coding the addon :blush:

If you have any issue regarding these comments, please ping me back, and I'll be happy to answer back.

If you want a quick description of the different licenses you may want to release your work under (reasonably biased towards copyleft licenses), you can check out the FSF's page on such issue.