Hi,
I include a COPYRIGHT file in the top level of some repositories. This delineates my copyright, any trademark information, the project's primary source code license, and (in the case of the GPL) all supplemental terms I've applied to my work.
This is technically a unique work, but is really a collection of legalese blurbs with my name and my project's name peppered throughout. It's a notice that should be reproduced in any unmodified distribution, with little purpose beyond that.
My guess has been to use one of the CC-BY-ND license variants here, but is there any specific advice on how to license such a file under REUSE?
Best,
Matthew Rothlisberger
Hi Matthew,
Thank you for your inquiry.
I assume all content in this file is written by yourself, so no copyrighted material from third parties (like parts of license texts)? In this case, you can actually choose whatever license you want to use. However, whether the file is copyrightable is a different question and really depends on interpretation, legislation etc. REUSE doesn't make a recommendation for such cases.
You could even invent a custom license, like these two from the Fedora project for license of licenses and non-copyrightable material:
* https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/blob/main/LICENSES/Lic... * https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/blob/main/LICENSES/Lic...
Information on custom licenses in REUSE can be found in the FAQ: https://reuse.software/faq/#custom-license
However, the approach of using custom licenses bears additional complexity and potential confusion for (re-)users. Using a well-known, ideally Free Software/Open Source license (which CC-BY-ND isn't) would circumvent that.
I hope this helps already.
Best, Max
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I include a COPYRIGHT file in the top level of some repositories. This delineates my copyright, any trademark information, the project's primary source code license, and (in the case of the GPL) all supplemental terms I've applied to my work.
This is technically a unique work, but is really a collection of legalese blurbs with my name and my project's name peppered throughout. It's a notice that should be reproduced in any unmodified distribution, with little purpose beyond that.
My guess has been to use one of the CC-BY-ND license variants here, but is there any specific advice on how to license such a file under REUSE?
Best,
Matthew Rothlisberger
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