REUSE: Make Licensing Easy for Everyone
Why is it so hard to detect the licensing and copyright information of source code? Because it is a tedious and often confusing task for developers to provide this information.The REUSE project change …
| Talk Title | REUSE: Make Licensing Easy for Everyone |
| Speakers | Max Mehl (Programme Manager, Free Software Foundation Europe) |
| Conference | Open Source Summit + ELC Europe |
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| Location | Lyon, France |
| Date | Oct 27-Nov 1, 2019 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Why is it so hard to detect the licensing and copyright information of source code? Because it is a tedious and often confusing task for developers to provide this information.The REUSE project changes that! With three simple steps, we make adding and reading licensing and copyright information easy for both humans and machines. This way, reusing Free and Open Source Software which complies with the REUSE best practices becomes simple for other developers, compliance officers, and lawyers. REUSE nicely integrates into numerous development processes and other license compliance tools.In this presentation, Max Mehl will guide through the REUSE principles, discuss opportunities for projects and enterprises, and update on the latest exciting developments of the REUSE project.
