Dear all,
With this thread we would like to open the discussion for a few possible
improvements of the REUSE specification (currently v3.0, see repository
[^1]). While we did not experience any large failures, there might be
spots where some tweaking will make it easier for developers and other
compliance efforts to adopt REUSE.
I will write a separate email per suggestion and would like to ask you
to reply to them individually if you want to provide input to one or
multiple suggestions directly. For your convenience, here's an overview:
* Support / repurpose central LICENSE file
* Introduce folder.license file
* Handle copyright and licensing of snippets
* Default handling of submodules
If you have additional suggestions, please open a separate thread on
this mailing list.
Please note that all of these are *suggestions* which might be modified
or even completely dropped if they are not convincing enough for
stakeholders and/or the REUSE team.
Your input will be highly appreciated and help us draft an incremental
update of the specification. Thank you!
Best regards,
Max
[^1]: https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-docs
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