From a2347b4ee2bdacbdedd9419fead0e3575c054c8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ReenigneArcher <42013603+ReenigneArcher@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 15:22:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat(legal): add proprietary license --- legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 137 insertions(+) create mode 100644 legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md diff --git a/legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md b/legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fa6b998a --- /dev/null +++ b/legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ + LIZARDBYTE PROPRIETARY SOURCE LICENSE + Version 1.0, May 2025 + +Copyright (C) 2025 LizardByte LLC. +Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies +of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. + + PREAMBLE + +The LizardByte Proprietary Source License is designed to allow users to view, +modify, and contribute to the source code while reserving all distribution +and commercialization rights exclusively to LizardByte LLC. + + TERMS AND CONDITIONS + +1. Definitions + + "License" refers to this document. + + "Licensor" refers to LizardByte LLC. + + "Software" refers to the copyrightable work licensed under this License. + + "Contribute" or "Contribution" means any work of authorship, including the + original version of the Software and any modifications or additions to that + Software that is intentionally submitted to the Licensor for inclusion in the + Software. + + "Distribution" means any form of making the Software or modified versions + available to third parties, whether by traditional distribution channels, + digital transmission, Software-as-a-Service, streaming, network access, remote + execution, containerization, virtualization, API access, or any other method + now known or hereafter developed. + + "Circumvention" means any act of bypassing, removing, deactivating, defeating, + or otherwise circumventing technological measures or business logic that + controls access to or enforces limitations on the use of the Software, + including any paid or premium features. + +2. Grant of Rights + + Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, the Licensor grants you + a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to: + + a. View, use, and modify the Software for personal, non-commercial purposes. + + b. Create derivative works based on the Software for personal use only. + + c. Contribute modifications or improvements to the original Software through + the official contribution channels established by the Licensor. + +3. Restrictions + + a. Exclusive Distribution Rights: All distribution rights of the Software or + derivative works, in any form, are reserved exclusively to the Licensor. + You may not distribute the Software or derivative works to any third party + by any means, regardless of whether such distribution is for commercial, + educational, individual, charitable, or any other purpose. + + b. Service Prohibition: You may not provide or make available the Software + as a service, including but not limited to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), + managed service, hosted service, cloud service, streaming service, + subscription service, or any other service model now known or later + developed. + + c. Circumvention Prohibition: You may not circumvent, remove, or disable any + licensing, payment, feature restriction, or access control mechanisms in + the Software, including mechanisms that limit functionality to paid + subscribers or premium users. + + d. No Commercial Use: You may not use the Software for any commercial purpose + without explicit written permission from the Licensor. + + e. No Selling: You may not sell, rent, lease, or otherwise exchange the + Software for value, whether monetary or otherwise. + + f. No Competitive Use: You may not use the Software to develop, test, or + support any product or service that competes, directly or indirectly, + with the Licensor's products or services. + + g. No Trademark Use: This License does not grant permission to use the trade + names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor, except + as required for reasonable and customary attribution. + + h. No Sublicensing: You may not grant any sublicenses to the Software. + +4. Contributions + + Any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Software shall be + under the terms and conditions of this License, without any additional terms + or conditions. By submitting a Contribution, you irrevocably agree to these + terms and acknowledge that the Licensor becomes the exclusive owner of the + Contribution. The Licensor may require a separate Contributor License + Agreement before accepting any Contribution. + +5. Attribution + + All copies or substantial portions of the Software must include a copy of this + License and the following attribution notice: + + "Contains software developed by LizardByte LLC (https://app.lizardbyte.dev)." + +6. Disclaimer of Warranty + + THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR + IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE + AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER + LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, + OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE + SOFTWARE. + +7. Termination + + This License and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon + any breach by you of the terms of this License. Upon termination, you must + cease all use of the Software and destroy all copies in your possession. + +8. Legal Enforcement + + The Licensor reserves the right to enforce this License through legal action, + including but not limited to seeking injunctive relief, damages, and attorney's + fees for any violation of these terms. + +9. Miscellaneous + + a. If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such provision + shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable. + + b. This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject matter + hereof. + + c. This License shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the + Licensor is located, excluding such jurisdiction's conflicts of law provisions. + + d. No waiver of any provision of this License shall be deemed a further or + continuing waiver of such term or any other term. From f11e580f6512b8dfc03e6c7baa4a856f8473fb1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ReenigneArcher <42013603+ReenigneArcher@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 18:54:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revise CLAs; add LB-SAL license and README MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Update CLA and CLA-entity: define “We/ LizardByte”, change copyright grant from a license to an assignment (with fallback perpetual license), clarify outbound-license language, and tighten reservation/moral-rights wording. Remove the old LB-PSL proprietary license and add a new LizardByte Source-Available License (LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md) authored by David Lane. Add legal/licenses/README.md documenting LB-SAL usage, SPDX LicenseRef identifier, and guidance for applying the license across ecosystems. --- legal/cla/CLA | 32 ++-- legal/cla/CLA-entity | 32 ++-- legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md | 137 ----------------- legal/licenses/LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md | 217 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ legal/licenses/README.md | 201 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 458 insertions(+), 161 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md create mode 100644 legal/licenses/LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md create mode 100644 legal/licenses/README.md diff --git a/legal/cla/CLA b/legal/cla/CLA index 1c2602b1..80b5aa60 100644 --- a/legal/cla/CLA +++ b/legal/cla/CLA @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ please read it carefully before agreeing to it. The Agreement may cover more tha "You" means the individual who Submits a Contribution to Us. +"We", "Us", and "LizardByte" mean David Lane and any successor or assignee that owns or manages a LizardByte project. + "Contribution" means any work of authorship that is Submitted by You to Us in which You own or assert ownership of the Copyright. If You do not own the Copyright in the entire work of authorship, please follow the instructions in https://lizardbyte.readthedocs.io/latest/developers/contributing.html#legal. @@ -35,15 +37,20 @@ is earlier. 2. Grant of Rights -2.1 Copyright License +2.1 Copyright Assignment + +(a) To the maximum extent permitted by the relevant law, You assign and transfer to Us all right, title, and interest in +and to the Copyright covering Your Contribution. -(a) You retain ownership of the Copyright in Your Contribution and have the same rights to use or license the -Contribution which You would have had without entering into the Agreement. +(b) If any part of the assignment in Section 2.1(a) is not effective under applicable law, You grant to Us a perpetual, +worldwide, exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable license under the Copyright covering the Contribution, +with the right to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to reproduce, modify, display, perform +and distribute the Contribution as part of the Material; provided that this license is conditioned upon compliance with +Section 2.3. -(b) To the maximum extent permitted by the relevant law, You grant to Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, -transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable license under the Copyright covering the Contribution, with the right to -sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to reproduce, modify, display, perform and distribute -the Contribution as part of the Material; provided that this license is conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.3. +(c) Except for the Copyright assigned to Us under Section 2.1(a), this Agreement does not limit any rights You would +have had without entering into the Agreement, including any rights to use or license the Contribution under the license +or licenses We use for the Material. 2.2 Patent License @@ -57,10 +64,10 @@ conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.3. 2.3 Outbound License -Based on the grant of rights in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, if We include Your Contribution in a Material, We may license the -Contribution under any license, including copyleft, permissive, commercial, or proprietary licenses. As a condition on -the exercise of this right, We agree to also license the Contribution under the terms of the license or licenses which -We are using for the Material on the Submission Date. +Based on the assignment and grant of rights in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, if We include Your Contribution in a Material, We +may license the Contribution under any license, including copyleft, permissive, commercial, or proprietary licenses. As +a condition on the exercise of this right, We agree to also license the Contribution under the terms of the license or +licenses which We are using for the Material on the Submission Date. 2.4 Moral Rights. If moral rights apply to the Contribution, to the maximum extent permitted by law, You waive and agree not to assert such moral rights against Us or our successors in interest, or any of our licensees, either direct @@ -69,7 +76,8 @@ or indirect. 2.5 Our Rights. You acknowledge that We are not obligated to use Your Contribution as part of the Material and may decide to include any Contribution We consider appropriate. -2.6 Reservation of Rights. Any rights not expressly licensed under this section are expressly reserved by You. +2.6 Reservation of Rights. Except for rights expressly assigned, licensed, waived, or agreed not to be asserted under +this section, all rights are reserved by their respective owners. 3. Agreement diff --git a/legal/cla/CLA-entity b/legal/cla/CLA-entity index 76b3deae..09fe24c8 100644 --- a/legal/cla/CLA-entity +++ b/legal/cla/CLA-entity @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ to cause the direction or management of such Legal Entity, whether by contract o percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares or securities which vote to elect the management or other persons who direct such Legal Entity or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity. +"We", "Us", and "LizardByte" mean David Lane and any successor or assignee that owns or manages a LizardByte project. + "Contribution" means any work of authorship that is Submitted by You to Us in which You own or assert ownership of the Copyright. If You do not own the Copyright in the entire work of authorship, please follow the instructions in https://lizardbyte.readthedocs.io/latest/developers/contributing.html#legal. @@ -40,15 +42,20 @@ is earlier. 2. Grant of Rights -2.1 Copyright License +2.1 Copyright Assignment + +(a) To the maximum extent permitted by the relevant law, You assign and transfer to Us all right, title, and interest in +and to the Copyright covering Your Contribution. -(a) You retain ownership of the Copyright in Your Contribution and have the same rights to use or license the -Contribution which You would have had without entering into the Agreement. +(b) If any part of the assignment in Section 2.1(a) is not effective under applicable law, You grant to Us a perpetual, +worldwide, exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable license under the Copyright covering the Contribution, +with the right to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to reproduce, modify, display, perform +and distribute the Contribution as part of the Material; provided that this license is conditioned upon compliance with +Section 2.3. -(b) To the maximum extent permitted by the relevant law, You grant to Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, -transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable license under the Copyright covering the Contribution, with the right to -sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to reproduce, modify, display, perform and distribute -the Contribution as part of the Material; provided that this license is conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.3. +(c) Except for the Copyright assigned to Us under Section 2.1(a), this Agreement does not limit any rights You would +have had without entering into the Agreement, including any rights to use or license the Contribution under the license +or licenses We use for the Material. 2.2 Patent License @@ -62,10 +69,10 @@ conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.3. 2.3 Outbound License -Based on the grant of rights in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, if We include Your Contribution in a Material, We may license the -Contribution under any license, including copyleft, permissive, commercial, or proprietary licenses. As a condition on -the exercise of this right, We agree to also license the Contribution under the terms of the license or licenses which -We are using for the Material on the Submission Date. +Based on the assignment and grant of rights in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, if We include Your Contribution in a Material, We +may license the Contribution under any license, including copyleft, permissive, commercial, or proprietary licenses. As +a condition on the exercise of this right, We agree to also license the Contribution under the terms of the license or +licenses which We are using for the Material on the Submission Date. 2.4 Moral Rights. If moral rights apply to the Contribution, to the maximum extent permitted by law, You waive and agree not to assert such moral rights against Us or our successors in interest, or any of our licensees, either direct @@ -74,7 +81,8 @@ or indirect. 2.5 Our Rights. You acknowledge that We are not obligated to use Your Contribution as part of the Material and may decide to include any Contribution We consider appropriate. -2.6 Reservation of Rights. Any rights not expressly licensed under this section are expressly reserved by You. +2.6 Reservation of Rights. Except for rights expressly assigned, licensed, waived, or agreed not to be asserted under +this section, all rights are reserved by their respective owners. 3. Agreement diff --git a/legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md b/legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md deleted file mode 100644 index fa6b998a..00000000 --- a/legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,137 +0,0 @@ - LIZARDBYTE PROPRIETARY SOURCE LICENSE - Version 1.0, May 2025 - -Copyright (C) 2025 LizardByte LLC. -Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies -of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. - - PREAMBLE - -The LizardByte Proprietary Source License is designed to allow users to view, -modify, and contribute to the source code while reserving all distribution -and commercialization rights exclusively to LizardByte LLC. - - TERMS AND CONDITIONS - -1. Definitions - - "License" refers to this document. - - "Licensor" refers to LizardByte LLC. - - "Software" refers to the copyrightable work licensed under this License. - - "Contribute" or "Contribution" means any work of authorship, including the - original version of the Software and any modifications or additions to that - Software that is intentionally submitted to the Licensor for inclusion in the - Software. - - "Distribution" means any form of making the Software or modified versions - available to third parties, whether by traditional distribution channels, - digital transmission, Software-as-a-Service, streaming, network access, remote - execution, containerization, virtualization, API access, or any other method - now known or hereafter developed. - - "Circumvention" means any act of bypassing, removing, deactivating, defeating, - or otherwise circumventing technological measures or business logic that - controls access to or enforces limitations on the use of the Software, - including any paid or premium features. - -2. Grant of Rights - - Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, the Licensor grants you - a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to: - - a. View, use, and modify the Software for personal, non-commercial purposes. - - b. Create derivative works based on the Software for personal use only. - - c. Contribute modifications or improvements to the original Software through - the official contribution channels established by the Licensor. - -3. Restrictions - - a. Exclusive Distribution Rights: All distribution rights of the Software or - derivative works, in any form, are reserved exclusively to the Licensor. - You may not distribute the Software or derivative works to any third party - by any means, regardless of whether such distribution is for commercial, - educational, individual, charitable, or any other purpose. - - b. 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No waiver of any provision of this License shall be deemed a further or - continuing waiver of such term or any other term. diff --git a/legal/licenses/LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md b/legal/licenses/LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5b820333 --- /dev/null +++ b/legal/licenses/LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md @@ -0,0 +1,217 @@ + LIZARDBYTE SOURCE-AVAILABLE LICENSE + Version 1.0, May 2026 + +Copyright (C) 2026 David Lane. +The Licensor may modify this license document at any time and for any reason. +Everyone else is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies +of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. + + PREAMBLE + +The LizardByte Source-Available License ("LB-SAL") is designed to make +source code available for review and upstream contribution while reserving +all rights not expressly granted by this License. This License is not an open +source license. + + TERMS AND CONDITIONS + +1. Definitions + + "License" refers to this document. + + "Licensor" refers to the copyright owner identified in the copyright notice + above and any successor or assignee who owns the rights licensed under this + License. + + "LizardByte" refers to the Licensor's projects, products, services, + repositories, websites, and official contribution channels operated under the + LizardByte name or under any successor name designated by the Licensor. + + "Software" refers to the copyrightable work that includes a notice stating + that it is licensed under this License. + + "Official Project" means the Software project controlled by the Licensor to + which the Software belongs, including the Licensor's official repository, + issue tracker, pull request system, mailing list, or other contribution + channel designated by the Licensor. + + "Contribution" means any modification, addition, patch, proposal, or other + work of authorship intentionally submitted to the Licensor through an Official + Project for possible inclusion in the Software. + + "Derivative Work" means any work based upon, derived from, adapted from, + translated from, modified from, or incorporating the Software or any portion + of the Software, except for a Contribution made solely as permitted by this + License. + + "Distribute" means to sell, rent, lease, lend, publish, sublicense, transfer, + provide, transmit, host, display, perform, make available, or otherwise give + access to the Software or any Derivative Work to any third party, whether by + traditional distribution channels, digital transmission, Software-as-a- + Service, managed service, hosted service, cloud service, streaming, network + access, remote execution, containerization, virtualization, API access, or any + other method now known or later developed. + + "Commercial Purpose" means any purpose intended for or directed toward + commercial advantage, monetary compensation, revenue generation, paid + services, business operations, or other exchange of value, whether direct or + indirect. + + "Competitive Purpose" means any purpose that develops, tests, supports, + markets, offers, operates, or makes available any product, service, feature, + repository, or project that substitutes for, competes with, or is intended to + reduce demand for any LizardByte project, product, or service. + + "Circumvention" means any act of bypassing, removing, deactivating, + defeating, impairing, or otherwise circumventing technological measures, + licensing logic, payment logic, access controls, feature restrictions, or + business logic that controls access to or enforces limitations on use of the + Software, including any paid or premium features. + +2. 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No waiver of any provision of this License shall be deemed a further or + continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Any waiver must be in + writing and signed by the Licensor. + + e. The Licensor may revise, replace, or modify this License at any time and + for any reason. The Licensor may apply any revised, replaced, or modified + version of this License to any future release, copy, or distribution of the + Software, or may license the Software under any other terms. No revised, + replaced, or modified version changes the terms applicable to a copy of the + Software already received under this version unless the Licensor expressly + states that the revised terms apply and you accept or are otherwise legally + bound by them. This provision does not permit anyone other than the Licensor + to modify this License. diff --git a/legal/licenses/README.md b/legal/licenses/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c7691ca2 --- /dev/null +++ b/legal/licenses/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,201 @@ +# LizardByte License Usage + +This directory contains LizardByte-maintained license texts. + +## LB-SAL Identity + +- Full name: LizardByte Source-Available License 1.0 +- Short name: LB-SAL 1.0 +- SPDX custom identifier: `LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0` +- Canonical text in this repository: `legal/licenses/LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md` + +LB-SAL is not on the SPDX License List, so do not use `LB-SAL` by itself as an +SPDX license identifier. Use the `LicenseRef-...` identifier above anywhere an +SPDX expression accepts custom license references. + +## Applying LB-SAL To A Repository + +For a single-license repository: + +1. Copy `legal/licenses/LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md` into the target repository as + `LICENSE` or `LICENSE.md`. +2. Add a clear notice to the target repository README: + + ```md + This project is licensed under the LizardByte Source-Available License 1.0 + (LB-SAL 1.0). See [LICENSE](LICENSE). + ``` + +3. Add SPDX headers to source files where practical: + + ```text + SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0 + ``` + +4. Keep existing third-party, vendored, generated, or differently licensed file + notices intact. Do not replace their original license notices with LB-SAL. + +The license applies to software that includes a notice stating that it is +licensed under LB-SAL. A license file alone is useful, but a project-level or +file-level notice makes the intended application explicit. + +## SPDX Headers + +Use one SPDX license line per file, formatted for that file's comment syntax. +Examples: + +```c +// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0 +``` + +```python +# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0 +``` + +```html + +``` + +For REUSE-style projects, add copyright metadata too: + +```python +# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 David Lane +# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0 +``` + +If a file is dual-licensed or has multiple applicable licenses, use a valid SPDX +license expression, for example: + +```text +SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0 OR MIT +``` + +Only use `OR` when recipients may choose either license. Use `AND` only when +recipients must comply with both licenses at the same time. + +## REUSE Layout + +Projects following the REUSE specification should place the license text at: + +```text +LICENSES/LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md +``` + +They may also keep a root `LICENSE` file for GitHub, package managers, and human +readers. + +## Package Metadata + +Different package ecosystems handle custom licenses differently. Prefer the +ecosystem-specific form below. + +### npm `package.json` + +npm documents custom licenses using `SEE LICENSE IN `: + +```json +{ + "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE" +} +``` + +Include the referenced `LICENSE` file at the top level of the package. + +### Python `pyproject.toml` + +Modern Python packaging supports SPDX expressions, including custom +`LicenseRef-...` identifiers: + +```toml +[project] +license = "LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0" +license-files = ["LICENSE"] +``` + +### Rust `Cargo.toml` + +crates.io expects `license` to use known SPDX License List identifiers. For a +nonstandard license, use `license-file` instead: + +```toml +[package] +license-file = "LICENSE" +``` + +### NuGet `.csproj` + +NuGet.org accepts expression metadata only for supported license expressions. +For a custom license, pack the license file: + +```xml + + LICENSE.md + + + + + +``` + +### NuGet `.nuspec` + +Use a file license entry and include the file in the package: + +```xml +LICENSE.md +``` + +### Maven `pom.xml` + +Maven recommends using an SPDX identifier as the license name. For LB-SAL, use +the custom SPDX identifier and point to the license text: + +```xml + + + LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0 + https://github.com/LizardByte/.github/blob/master/legal/licenses/LizardByte-SAL-1.0.md + repo + + +``` + +### SPDX SBOMs + +Use the same custom identifier in SPDX package fields, and include extracted +license text for the `LicenseRef` in the SBOM: + +```text +PackageLicenseDeclared: LicenseRef-LizardByte-SAL-1.0 +``` + +## Notes + +- GitHub license detection primarily matches root license files against known + licenses, so a custom source-available license may not show a recognized + GitHub license badge. +- Do not use `UNLICENSED` for LB-SAL projects. `UNLICENSED` communicates that no + rights are granted; LB-SAL grants specific limited rights. +- Do not mark LB-SAL projects as open source unless the project is also released + under an OSI-approved open source license. + +## References + +- SPDX license identifiers and expressions: + https://spdx.dev/learn/handling-license-info/ +- SPDX LicenseRef syntax: + https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/SPDX-license-expressions/ +- REUSE license file layout: + https://reuse.software/spec-3.2/ +- GitHub license detection: + https://docs.github.com/en/rest/licenses/licenses#about-licenses +- npm package license metadata: + https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/configuring-npm/package-json/#license +- Python license metadata: + https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license-and-license-files +- Cargo license metadata: + https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-license-and-license-file-fields +- NuGet license metadata: + https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/reference/nuspec#license +- Maven license metadata: + https://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Licenses