MISC resources regarding licensing.
SPDX Specs and REUSE
source: https://reuse.software/spec-3.3/
license identifier
SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
copyright text (spdx format is recommended)
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Jane Doe
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Jane Doe <jane@example.com>
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2019 John Doe <john@example.com>
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Contributors to Example Project <https://project.example.com>
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Alice Hack and (other) contributors to Project X <URL>
SPDX-SnippetCopyrightText: (C) Example Cooperative <info@coop.example.com>
compatible copyright text (not recommended)
Copyright 2016, 2018-2019 Joe Anybody
Copyright (c) Alice, some rights reserved
© Example Corporation <https://corp.example.com>
in case not for the whole file (in-line snippet comments)
# SPDX-SnippetBegin
# SPDX-SnippetCopyrightText: 2022 Jane Doe <jane@example.com>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
print("Hello, world!")
# SPDX-SnippetEnd
Reference
List of SPDX License Identifiers
https://spdx.org/licenses/
Re-using free software via writefreesoftware.org
https://writefreesoftware.org/learn/participate/derived-works/
Chossing a license via writefreesoftware.org
https://writefreesoftware.org/learn/participate/choose-a-license/
REUSE Specifications
https://reuse.software/
Intra-GPL compatibility matrix via gnu.org
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility