Replace the licence blurbs with SPDX comments#798
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Is this PR ready for review? Because I'm missing the |
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Currently, there is only a single license so I kept it in the root. |
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So, why not move the |
SPDX is a standard for describing licensing and copyright status of project files that has been gaining traction lately. In addition to not filling more than half a screen, it is machine readable and can be used to produce Software Bill of Materials. We are keeping the long header in the compiled single-file bundle since that might be copied into third-party projects in a way that makes it easy to accidentally forget also copying the license text. https://reuse.software/tutorial/ https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/solving-license-compliance-at-the-source-adding-spdx-license-ids
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Done. |
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SPDX is a standard for describing licensing and copyright status of project files that has been gaining traction lately.
In addition to not filling more than half a screen, it is machine readable and can be used to produce Software Bill of Materials.
We are keeping the long header in the compiled single-file bundle since that might be copied into third-party projects in a way that makes it easy to accidentally forget also copying the license text.
https://reuse.software/tutorial/
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/solving-license-compliance-at-the-source-adding-spdx-license-ids
Fixes: #778