fully agree with you, Dick! Also an option would be to make this warning and exit the process if no -f or --force option is set.
So @Josh will only need to write -f to get his module published and render as useless :) Am 27.03.2013 um 17:32 schrieb Dick Hardt <[email protected]>: > A warning saying there is no LICENSE file similar to the warning when there > is no README.md file may be the right mix of encouragement to do the right > thing, and freedom to do what you want. > > -- Dick > > On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Oleg Slobodskoi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> didn't know that too! >> >> 1. Probably npm could auto include a licence file according to the >> package.json information before gzipping it >> 2. Npm could reject publishing a package if there is a licence in the >> package.json, but no licence file >> >> This would solve the problem very quickly for actively developed modules. >> >> I like the 2. option even more because hopefully users will push the licence >> file to the repo too. >> >> @isaacs wdyt? >> >> >> Oleg Slobodskoi >> >> >> Am 27.03.2013 um 17:12 schrieb Jérémy Lal <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi, >>> saying the author's work is MIT licensed is not enough, >>> the full text of the license must be there too, as written >>> in its second paragraph : >>> >>> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be >>> included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. >>> >>> I write this here because i see countless node modules in this case, >>> whose authors probably believe their software to have a very liberal, >>> free, and open-source license - but they have de facto no license at all. >>> >>> Jérémy. >>> >>> PS: because i see one module per day in this situation >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>> Posting guidelines: >>> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "nodejs" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
