LICENSE.md vs COPYRIGHT.html
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Description
Most source files mention to check the license in COPYRIGHT.html file.
// Please first read the full copyright statement in file COPYRIGHT.html
The repo also hosts a LICENSE.md file.
Finally, the *.html.* files at the root of the repo link to https://www.w3.org/copyright/document-license-2023/ which is yet another version.
So there are 3 different licenses mentioned and it is difficult to say which one really applies to what.
- LICENSE.md is https://spdx.org/licenses/W3C-20150513.html
- COPYRIGHT.html is https://spdx.org/licenses/W3C-19980720.html
*.html.*links to https://www.w3.org/copyright/document-license-2023/
That's confusing. Could you please clarify ?
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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
Compare LICENSE.md, COPYRIGHT.html, and the root .html. files, starting with the license references in each and the source-file notice. The work is done when the project’s intended license scopes are clearly documented and the conflicting references have an agreed resolution.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100