edit OpenAPI Specification license info so that GitHub recognizes it #1541
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GitHub uses a library called Licensee to identify a project's license type. It shows this information in the status bar and via the API if it can unambiguously identify the license. This commit creates a LICENSE file that stores the full text of the Apache license, referencing The Linux Foundation as the copyright holder. It also updates package.json with the correct SPDX license ID and updates the README "License" header to "Licensing". Collectively, these changes allow Licensee to successfully identify the license type of the OpenAPI Specification project as Apache. Signed-off-by: Andrea Kao <[email protected]>
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Thanks for the PR. We're planning on making this exact change for that exact reason - but we're waiting for a clarification from the legal team on whether we can do it. Granted, it should be simple, but none of us in the team is a lawyer... |
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Hi @webron , from the LF legal side I'm fine with this change, since it's just replacing the "license header" notice with the full Apache-2.0 license text and adding the correct SPDX ID. If there's someone else on your own legal team who you need me to chat with, I'm happy to connect with them. |
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Approving and merging after discussing this on the TSC call. |
This was referenced May 8, 2018
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Hello! 👋
(CCing @dankohn who has requested this work so that the license will appear correctly in https://landscape.cncf.io/selected=open-api)
GitHub uses a library called Licensee to identify a project's license
type. It shows this information in the status bar and via the API if it
can unambiguously identify the license.
This commit creates a LICENSE file that stores the full text of the
Apache license, referencing The Linux Foundation as the copyright
holder. It also updates package.json with the correct SPDX license ID
and updates the README "License" header to "Licensing".
Collectively, these changes allow Licensee to successfully identify the
license type of the OpenAPI Specification project as Apache.