Consider using https://reuse.software/ and switch copyright_license to SPDX license identifiers

[ypid]

There is a spec to improve this whole licensing subject: https://reuse.software/

It could be integrated into this template. As scripts/post_generation.py you can then just run reuse download --all to download all used licenses.

[pawamoy]

Thanks, that's interesting indeed 🙂

However I'm not sold on the idea of having the license comments on top of each source file. Is it required, from a legal point of view?

[ypid]

I have been using REUSE for a few months now. About having it in each file:

• It is more obvious to anyone.
• It makes it very easy when copying one file from a project to another.
• It really makes you think which license is best for a file.

So I agree with REUSE now, the header should go into each file if technically possible.

[pawamoy]

OK, thanks for your answer. I'll try to play with REUSE in the next few weeks, and come up with a decision for this template 🙂 !

[pawamoy]

I was able to draft support for REUSE, though I'm not convinced I actually want to use it. Closing for now.