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| author | Kubernetes Prow Robot <k8s-ci-robot@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-03-01 12:53:54 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-03-01 12:53:54 -0800 |
| commit | 3a532f474447c2f83468f55f9794d0a154a4c384 (patch) | |
| tree | 02a6d1e3dffb4b74febaa5aa2532060fab3fcc3d /github-management | |
| parent | 8b37a194d502a4807c6e78e898310c3489d5ca5f (diff) | |
| parent | e56f496c7b1a45e37e1b5aecc158c394e7e40c13 (diff) | |
Merge pull request #6502 from cblecker/licensing
Add licensing guidance to the org owners guidance
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| -rw-r--r-- | github-management/org-owners-guide.md | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/github-management/org-owners-guide.md b/github-management/org-owners-guide.md index fdd1f1d1..8d3ef70a 100644 --- a/github-management/org-owners-guide.md +++ b/github-management/org-owners-guide.md @@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ code in. It is easier to start new code in a Kubernetes organization than it is to transfer in existing code. +## Licensing Guidance + +Section 11 of the [CNCF Charter] provides guidance on how to license code and +documentation owned by the CNCF projects. However, it doesn't explicitly cover +situations where a repo may have mixed content (such as repos that contain both +code and documentation living alongside each other). + +For clarity, here is the guidance for Kubernetes GitHub organizations: +- If a repo contains only code, it should be licensed under the + [Apache License, Version 2.0]. +- If a repo contains only documentation, it should be licensed under the + [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]. +- If a repo contains both code and documentation, it should be licensed under + the [Apache License, Version 2.0]. + ## Team Guidance ### Nomenclature @@ -230,3 +245,6 @@ https://help.github.com/articles/archiving-a-github-repository/ [kubernetes-template-project]: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes-template-project [SIG Repository]: /github-management/kubernetes-repositories.md##sig-repositories [template repo]: https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-repository-from-a-template +[CNCF Charter]: https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/main/charter.md +[Apache License, Version 2.0]: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 +[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |