From: Johannes Sixt Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 08:23:33 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: Warn if LICENSE or COPYING file lacking and !clone.skiplicensecheck Message-ID: <550E7C05.4060603@kdbg.org> In-Reply-To: Am 22.03.2015 um 01:16 schrieb David A. Wheeler: > Warn cloners if there is no LICENSE* or COPYING* file that makes > the license clear. This is a useful warning, because if there is > no license somewhere, then local copyright laws (which forbid many uses) > and terms of service apply - and the cloner may not be expecting that. > Many projects accidentally omit a license, so this is common enough to note. > > You can disable this warning by setting "clone.skiplicensecheck" to "true". > > For more info on the issue, feel free to see: > http://choosealicense.com/no-license/ > http://www.wired.com/2013/07/github-licenses/ > https://twitter.com/stephenrwalli/status/247597785069789184 > > Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler The opt-out works only when placed in the system-wide or user configuration. That places a maintenance burden on *ALL* existing installations that do not want the warning. If you really want to hard-code such a policy decision into Git, then make it an opt-in so that members of the license squad can enable it. I don't need it. -- Hannes