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An opinionated guide on how we work.
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License #35

Closed pllim closed 6 years ago

pllim commented 6 years ago

I am no lawyer, so I don't understand why CC-BY-4.0 here and not BSD. Thanks!

mperrin commented 6 years ago

I also wondered this.

Also, why is the recommended file name just LICENSE with no extension, rather than LICENSE.txt, LICENSE.md, or LICENSE.rst? It seems unaesthetic to not have any file extension at all, even though this is just a plain text file.

eteq commented 6 years ago

@arfon might have more insight, but I'm guessing it's because this is primarily (currently exclusively) a document, rather than software. BSD includes clauses clearly for software ("Redistributions in binary form ..."), so Creative Commons are more appropriate for a work of writing instead of software.

why is the recommended file name just LICENSE with no extension

Good question - I think it's actually markdown-formatted, so maybe it's fine to just change the name. PR's are welcome, you know, @mperrin :wink:

mperrin commented 6 years ago

Well I wasn't sure whether I should fork and PR or just branch and PR in this repo... ;-)

eteq commented 6 years ago

If only we had a style guide to tell us how to do that... :trollface:

arfon commented 6 years ago

Just because it's not software in here: https://choosealicense.com/non-software/ CC-BY is a 'permissive' license for non-software.

LICENSE or LICENSE.txt is generally recommended for license files that are plain text (like this one).