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Max Mehl · Program Manager · fsfe.org/about/mehl · @mxmehl · max.mehl@fsfe.org
12 November 2021 · SFScon
REUSE
Gold standa...

Typical Issues with licensing
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Missing information about license and
copyright of own or third-party code
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Re-users may ...

How to make licensing and
How to make licensing and
copyright easier for everyone?
copyright easier for everyone?

REUSE‘s Principles

Make it easy to find copyright/licensing
information for every single file in a repo

Avoid silos by...

Three Simple Steps
1. Choose and provide licenses
2. Add copyright and licensing information
to each file
3. Confirm REUSE...

1. Choose and provide licenses

Choose license(s) that the project uses

Save license text(s) inside the LICENSES/ direc...

2. Copyright and license information

Add information in every file as comment in the header

License(s): SPDX-License-I...

2. Copyright and license information

Two alternatives if file is not editable:
1. Separate .license file ←
2. dep5 file ...

2. Copyright and license information

Two alternatives if file is not editable:
1. Separate .license file
2. dep5 file in...

3. Confirm REUSE compliance
Use the REUSE helper tool to check for missing information
$ reuse lint
# SUMMARY
* Bad licens...

Helper Tool
Support developers in
making their projects
REUSE compliant
Tutorial / FAQ
Low entry barrier,
answering basic ...

REUSE Adopters
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800+ registered API projects

Majority of projects (100+) of the EU-funded Next Generation
Internet proj...

Your Next Steps
1. Sign up the mailing list to take part
2. Make one of your projects REUSE compliant.
3. Integrate REUSE ...

Max Mehl · Program Manager · fsfe.org/about/mehl · @mxmehl · max.mehl@fsfe.org
12 November 2021 · SFScon
Web: reuse.softwa...

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