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LICENSE file should contain actual legalese instead of just pointing to a separate webpage #4295

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cvrebert opened this issue Dec 7, 2016 · 1 comment
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LICENSE file should contain actual legalese instead of just pointing to a separate webpage #4295

cvrebert opened this issue Dec 7, 2016 · 1 comment
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cvrebert commented Dec 7, 2016

Equivalent csswg-test issue with additional context: w3c/csswg-test#1091

I've been told that the LICENSE file should contain actual copyright & license text before I can send additional PRs. Currently, the file just contains a link to http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2008/04-testsuite-copyright.html

A license is an agreement between a project maintainer and downstream. It should be spelled out and concrete--not linked to something that can be changed and which is separate from the code.
You wouldn't have a lease agreement on a web page where the terms can be changed without notice.
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Resolved by e4860d0

https://github.com/w3c/web-platform-tests/blob/master/LICENSE.md

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