mikaela.github.io/n/reuse.md

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REUSE notes

reuse is a tool for compliance with the REUSE recommendations.

says their GitHub description and in practice this means having a license header in all files or alternatively a file.license file. The tool can generate these, but I never remember the commands.

For more detailed explanation, consult reuse.software/tutorial


Adding headers

Copy-paste and add file name(s) to the end

# Autodetect how to add comment?
reuse addheader --copyright="Aminda Suomalainen <{{ page.email }}>" --license="CC0-1.0"
# Create a file.license
reuse addheader --copyright="Aminda Suomalainen <{{ page.email }}>" --license="CC0-1.0" --force-dot-license
# The usual # marks a comment
reuse addheader --copyright="Aminda Suomalainen <{{ page.email }}>" --license="CC0-1.0" --style python
  • Note that --year can also be specified

Styles

  • c means // marks a comment
  • python means # marks a comment
  • html and css explain themselves
  • tex means % marks a comment
  • vim means " marks a comment
  • etc. when style is empty, supported ones are displayed, but I am unsure whether I need more and trying what reuse says works too.

Generic commands

  • reuse download --all - downloads all licenses found to LICENSES/
  • reuse lint - verifies compliancy
  • reuse supported-licenses | less - lists supported licenses identifiers

License identifiers I commonly use

  • CC0-1.0
  • CC-BY-4.0
  • CC-BY-ND-4.0
  • CC-BY-SA-4.0
  • BSD-3-Clause

Viewing source of this page reveals this one to be CC-BY-SA-4.0.