A warning saying there is no LICENSE file similar to the warning when there is no README.md file may be the right mix of encouragement to do the right thing, and freedom to do what you want.
-- Dick On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Oleg Slobodskoi <oleg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > didn't know that too! > > 1. Probably npm could auto include a licence file according to the > package.json information before gzipping it > 2. Npm could reject publishing a package if there is a licence in the > package.json, but no licence file > > This would solve the problem very quickly for actively developed modules. > > I like the 2. option even more because hopefully users will push the licence > file to the repo too. > > @isaacs wdyt? > > > Oleg Slobodskoi > > > Am 27.03.2013 um 17:12 schrieb Jérémy Lal <holi...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi, >> saying the author's work is MIT licensed is not enough, >> the full text of the license must be there too, as written >> in its second paragraph : >> >> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be >> included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. >> >> I write this here because i see countless node modules in this case, >> whose authors probably believe their software to have a very liberal, >> free, and open-source license - but they have de facto no license at all. >> >> Jérémy. >> >> PS: because i see one module per day in this situation >> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
