workbenchdev / workbenchdev/Workbench
Make licensing of code snippets clearer with REUSE
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- JavaScript
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Description
The code snippets in Workbench are licensed as CC0-1.0, which is great. It would be good if that were made clearer in the Workbench UI, though, both so that
- people know they can copy the code out of Workbench and use it anywhere/anyhow, and to
- provide an introduction to source code licensing, as it is an important part of what makes FOSS what it is.
I suggest this could be implemented fairly unintrusively by putting a REUSE header at the top of each code file. See https://reuse.software/faq/
This would probably look like:
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
on the first line of each snippet file.
Contributor guide
First steps
- 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
No files or tests are named. Start by locating the Workbench code snippet files and the UI that presents them, then review the REUSE guidance linked in the issue. Done means the snippets carry CC0-1.0 SPDX headers and the Workbench UI makes their reuse and source-code licensing clear.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- desktop, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100