Repository License

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. The software license declared for a repository, usually through a license file and related metadata. In open-source practice, the repository license determines whether others can legally use, modify, and redistribute the code.

    In plain English: The license that governs code in a repository.

    Example: "Legal wanted the repository license verified before the code was copied into an internal service, because 'public repo' does not imply broad permission."

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