From 94274f7ffcbf394f59cb67203526129d43970fd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike McQuaid Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 11:17:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs/Formula-Cookbook: improve license text. Co-authored-by: Jonathan Chang --- docs/Formula-Cookbook.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/Formula-Cookbook.md b/docs/Formula-Cookbook.md index 30b373e6e1..bdc44a8e89 100644 --- a/docs/Formula-Cookbook.md +++ b/docs/Formula-Cookbook.md @@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ Try to summarise from the [`homepage`](https://rubydoc.brew.sh/Formula#homepage% **We don’t accept new formulae into Homebrew/homebrew-core without a [`license`](https://rubydoc.brew.sh/Formula#license-class_method)!** -Find the license identifier from the [SPDX License List](https://spdx.org/licenses/) (or `:public_domain` for software in the public domain). We only accept licenses from this list that are a [Debian Free Software Guidelines license](https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses) (or public domain based on [the Debian Free Software Guidelines on Public Domain software](https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Public_Domain)). +We only accept formulae that use a [Debian Free Software Guidelines license](https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses) or are released into the public domain following [DFSG Guidelines on Public Domain software](https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Public_Domain). + +Use the license identifier from the [SPDX License List](https://spdx.org/licenses/) e.g. `license "BSD-2-Clause"`, or use `license :public_domain` for public domain software. If the software is available under multiple licenses, you should list them all in an array: