License missing from gemspec
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Some companies will only use gems with a certain license.
The canonical and easy way to check is via the gemspec
via e.g.
spec.license = 'MIT'
# or
spec.licenses = ['MIT', 'GPL-2']
There is even a License Finder to help companies ensure all gems they use
meet their licensing needs. This tool depends on license information being available in the gemspec.
Including a license in your gemspec is a good practice, in any case.
How did I find you?
I'm using a script to collect stats on gems, originally looking for download data, but decided to collect licenses too,
and make issues for missing ones as a public service :)
https://gist.github.com/bf4/5952053#file-license_issue-rb-L13 So far it's going pretty well
Duplicate of #3
Sorry for the duplicate. I missed it because of the typo licence in that issue's title. Thanks!
Not a typo :)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/licence
Ok, now I should apologize for my Americo-centrism, though I really was just thinking of the spec
Perhaps we should alias the method in rubygems :) http://guides.rubygems.org/specification-reference/#license=
I think there's no need :)
It's just that I used 'licence' in the issue title as a generic noun, and not referring to the method directly.
Well, thanks for the learning opportunity 👍