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> To detect what license, if any, a project is licensed under, we used an open source Ruby gem called Licensee to compare the repository's LICENSE file to a sho
by agwa 12y ago
> To detect what license, if any, a project is licensed under, we used an open source Ruby gem called Licensee to compare the repository's LICENSE file to a short list of known licenses
They should also look in COPYING, which is the conventional place to declare that a project is licensed under the GPL. The GPL percentage would likely get a boost if they did this.
- JoshTriplett 12y agoI checked Licensee, and it does look in COPYING: https://github.com/benbalter/licensee/blob/master/lib/licensee/project.rb https://github.com/benbalter/licensee/blob/master/lib/licens...