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Description
We need a reliable way to ensure that each package has either been licensed by its authors or been released to the public domain. Perhaps "installPackage" could have two new optional arguments: "Copyright" and "License". The value for "Copyright" could be something like "none, public domain" or "Copyright 2020 J. Doe". The value for License could be something like "GPL 2 or 3". The information would be displayed in the top documentation node for the package.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the installPackage entry point and the top documentation node for packages. Determine how package metadata is currently stored and displayed, then define the licensing requirements and their validation. Done means every package can record author copyright or public-domain status and license information that appears in its documentation.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100