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Add an open source license

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
cli

Research direction

Review the GitHub Docs links in the issue and inspect the repository's current top-level files. Decide which open-source license the project should use, then add it as a LICENSE file; the task is done when the repository clearly includes the selected license text.

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Description

Add for example MIT License, BSD License, Apache License or any other open source license.

Having a LICENSE file can help establish trust and openness with regard to the project and its authors, which can be important when collaborating with other developers or when publicly distributing the project.

For more information, visit the GitHub Docs:

Dominant language
Swift
Stars
81
Forks
19
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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