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

Wed Jun 26 19:54:48 UTC 2013

I'm not sure what a directory per license buys. I'd suggest
/licenses/{conformant|inreview|nonconformant}/{license short name}.md

Or if a directory per license is really needed (if envisioning lots of
related files being kept), the filename ought be just {license short
name}.md or license.md

And {license short name} really ought be same as used in
https://spdx.org/licenses/ or following that style.

Mike

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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 in the repo. 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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