[od-discuss] Storage of license texts in the repo - a first pass

[Herb Lainchbury]

Looks good to me.  The only thing that's confusing me is that last link to
the pddl.  Should it be in /licenses/conformant/odc-pddl/
public-domain-dedication-license.md instead?


On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> One thing we agreed at the last meeting was to move ahead with our plan
> of storing licenses text <https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition/issues/2>in the
> repo <https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition/>. Below is the outline of a
> suggested approach to get us moving.
>
> Rufus
>
>
> *## Licenses*
>
> *Also up at https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition/#licenses*
>
> We are storing license texts. This is for several reasons:
>
> * Analysis and review
> * Preservation (and caching)
>
> **Note: not all licenses we list will be Open Definition conformant as we
> include licenses that are under discussion or some non-conformant licenses
> for
> preservation purposes.**
>
> Approach:
>
> * Store licenses as markdown files
> * Store licenses in `/licenses/`
>
>         # conformant licenses
>         /licenses/conformant/{license-id}/{license-full-name}.md
>         # licenses under review
>         /licenses/inreview/{license-id}/{license-full-name}.md
>         # non-conformant licenses
>         /licenses/nonconformant/{license-id}/{license-full-name}.md
> * The process is for license texts to go into inreview to start with and
> then
>   get moved to the appropriate location upon a decision by the Advisory
> Council
>
> Notes:
>
> * license-id should be a short url-usable name e.g. odc-pddl or cc-zero
> * Do not put a version in the license name unless is a differentiating
> factor
>   (e.g. gpl-v3.md)
>   * We use github revisions to track changes (and you can use github tags
> if
>     needed)
>
> Example, suppose we were storing the Open Data Commons Public Domain
> Dedication
> and License.
>
>     /licenses/odc-pddl/public-domain-dedication-license.md
>



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Herb Lainchbury
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