{"id":27413,"date":"2017-03-17T09:50:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T07:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27413"},"modified":"2017-03-17T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T07:50:34","slug":"github-adds-open-source-license-descriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/17\/github-adds-open-source-license-descriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub adds Open Source license descriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/17\/github-adds-open-source-license-descriptions\/license\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license.png?fit=2008%2C444&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2008,444\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"license\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license.png?fit=660%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license-500x111.png?resize=500%2C111&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license.png?resize=500%2C111&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license.png?resize=768%2C170&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license.png?resize=1024%2C226&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license.png?w=2008&amp;ssl=1 2008w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/license.png?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/blog\/2335-open-source-license-descriptions-and-metadata\">GitHub added<\/a> Open Source license descriptions. \u00a0This is a tiny, but very useful feature, especially for those people who are not very well versed in the differences between GPL, MIT, BSD, and other licenses. \u00a0I wish there was a way to have something like this proprietary applications. \u00a0Maybe then people would pay attention to the end user license agreements (EULAs).<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>GitHub added Open Source license descriptions. \u00a0This is a tiny, but very useful feature, especially for those people who are not very well versed in the differences between GPL, MIT, BSD, and other licenses. \u00a0I wish there was a way to have something like this proprietary applications. \u00a0Maybe then people would pay attention to the &hellip; 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