From 128b802d2c0254c1af42ce598bbe0bacd84525d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: per1234 Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 13:20:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add dedicated license file Standardization in license documentation is important because, in addition to making it easy for humans to find this vital information, it allows machines to automate the process of license type determination, which is useful both for discovering suitable open source projects as well as checking open source license compliance. Previously, the open source license of this project was not documented in a dedicated license file. Due to this, even though the project is licensed under a standardized open source license, the open license type could not be identified with 100% confidence by machines (e.g., the Licensee Gem used by the GitHub website), which meant identification could only be made by a human carefully evaluating the license text. The project's license is hereby documented in a standardized license file. The result is that the project's open source license type can now be automatically identified. This does not result in any change to the project licensing. --- LICENSE.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE.txt diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c0ce722 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +MIT License + +Copyright (c) Fabrice Weinberg, Arduino SA + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy +of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal +in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights +to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is +furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all +copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE +SOFTWARE.