Specify the specific BSD and AFL versions this repo is licensed under. #1255
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Historically JSON Schema has declared that contributions are licensed BSD or AFL, without specifying the version of BSD. We’ve been asked to specify a version for work elsewhere in the ecosystem, and OpenJS Foundation counsel recommended BSD 3-clause as the most common choice. This commit clarifies the specific versions (3-clause and v3.0 respectively), and adds a LICENSE file to make this explicit. See #1160 (comment) for the full guidance. Closes: #1160
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Historically JSON Schema has declared that contributions are licensed
BSD or AFL, without specifying the version of BSD. We’ve been
asked to specify a version for work elsewhere in the ecosystem, and
OpenJS Foundation counsel recommended BSD 3-clause as the most common
choice. This commit clarifies the specific versions (3-clause and v3.0
respectively), and adds a LICENSE file to make this explicit.
See #1160 (comment)
for the full guidance.
Per the guidance, we'll leave this open for a few weeks (perhaps till August 31?) in case there are comments from any historical contributors, who I'll also now ping (with apologies to those of you who aren't interested). @fge @kriszyp @geraintluff @nickl- @garycourt.
SPDX short identifiers have not been added as part of this PR (and were optional in the comment there). Obviously we're free to add them later.
Closes: #1160