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REUSE Helper Tool

https://reuse.software
The tool for checking and helping with compliance with the REUSE recommendations

Copyright and licensing is difficult, especially when reusing software from different projects that are released under various different licenses. REUSE was started by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) to provide a set of recommendations to make licensing your Free Software projects easier. Not only do these recommendations make it easier for you to declare the licenses under which your works are released, but they also make it easier for a computer to understand how your project is licensed.

As a short summary, the recommendations are threefold:

• Choose and provide licenses
• Add copyright and licensing information to each file
• Confirm REUSE compliance

You are recommended to read our tutorial for a step-by-step guide through these three steps. The FAQ covers basic questions about licensing, copyright, and more complex use cases. Advanced users and integrators will find the full specification helpful.

This tool exists to facilitate the developer in complying with the above recommendations.

Documentation

https://reuse.readthedocs.io/

Download

https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/archive/refs/tags/v5.0.2.tar.gz

Donate link

https://my.fsfe.org/donate

VCS Checkout

git clone https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool.git

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Interface:console
• Programming-language:python
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Software-development:specification-tool
• Software-development:testing-qa
• Use:software-development
• Version-control:git
• Version-control:mercurial

Licensing

License

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License

CC-BY-SA-4.0

Verified by

Max Mehl, Mertgor

Verified on

29 November 2024

Notes

https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/blob/master/LICENSES/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt

License

Apache-2.0

Verified by

Max Mehl, Mertgor

Verified on

29 November 2024

Notes

https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/blob/master/LICENSES/Apache-2.0.txt

License

CC0

Verified by

Max Mehl, Mertgor

Verified on

29 November 2024

Notes

https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/blob/master/LICENSES/CC0-1.0.txt

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Verified by

Max Mehl, Mertgor

Verified on

29 November 2024

Notes

https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/blob/master/LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Max Mehl (Max.mehl)	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
	Mailing List Info/Archive	https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/reuse

Software prerequisites

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