Missing LICENSE file (README references MIT but no file exists)

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by checking the repository root and the README's badge and footer references. Confirm whether the intended license is MIT before making the smallest documentation change; done means the repository has an explicit license state and the README no longer points to a missing LICENSE file.

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Description

Issue

The README has both a badge and footer referencing an MIT license:

  • Badge: [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](LICENSE)
  • Footer: "MIT License - See LICENSE file"

However, no LICENSE file exists in the repository. Without an explicit license file, the code is technically "all rights reserved" under copyright law, despite the MIT badge suggesting otherwise.

Impact
  • Contributors and users have no clear legal standing to use or modify the code
  • The badge link returns a 404
Suggested Fix

Add a standard MIT LICENSE file to the repository root, or update the README to reflect the intended license.

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  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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