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

Tue Jun 25 18:26:43 UTC 2013

Yes it should - sorry typo (fixing in source now).

Rufus

On 25 June 2013 19:11, Herb Lainchbury <herb at dynamic-solutions.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Herb Lainchbury
> Dynamic Solutions Inc.
> www.dynamic-solutions.com
> http://twitter.com/herblainchbury
>

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