RubyGems.org doesn't report a license for your gem. This is because it is not
specified in the [gemspec](http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20#license) of
your last release.
via e.g.
spec.license = 'MIT'
# or
spec.licenses = ['MIT', 'GPL-2']
Including a license in your gemspec is an easy way for rubygems.org and other
tools to check how your gem is licensed. As you can imagine, scanning your
repository for a LICENSE file or parsing the README, and then attempting to
identify the license or licenses is much more difficult and more error prone.
So, even for projects that already specify a license, including a license in
your gemspec is a good practice. See, for example, how [rubygems.org uses the
gemspec to display the rails gem license](https://rubygems.org/gems/rails).
There is even a [License Finder gem](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder)
to help companies/individuals ensure all gems they use meet their licensing
needs. This tool depends on license information being available in the gemspec.
This is an important enough issue that *even Bundler now generates gems with a
default 'MIT' license*.
I hope you'll consider specifying a license in your gemspec. If not, please
just close the issue with a nice message. In either case, I'll follow up.
Thanks for your time!
Appendix:
If you need help choosing a [license](http://opensource.org/licenses) (sorry, I
haven't checked your readme or looked for a license file), GitHub has created a
[license picker tool](http://choosealicense.com/). Code without a license
specified defaults to 'All rights reserved'-- denying others all rights to use
of the code.
Here's a [list of the license names I've found and their
frequencies](https://github.com/bf4/gemproject/blob/master/license_usage.csv)
p.s. In case you're wondering how I found you and why I made this issue, it's
because I'm collecting stats on gems (I was originally looking for download
data) and decided to collect license metadata,too, and [make issues for
gemspecs not specifying a license as a public service
:)](https://github.com/bf4/gemproject/issues/1). See the previous link or my
[blog post about this project for more
information](http://www.benjaminfleischer.com/2013/07/12/make-the-world-a-better-place-put-a-license-in-your-gemspec/).
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