Let license detection follow reuse.software conventions

[bzg]

https://reuse.software is an initiative to help standardizing the way license files appear in a repository.

For example, they encourage using a LICENSES directory containing all necessary licenses. See their documentation for more.

Some projects start using these conventions, as they are more rigorous than just adding a LICENSE file at the root of the repo.

Could ecosyste.ms parse licensing information also understanding reuse.software conventions?

[andrew]

Related to ecosyste-ms/roadmap#12, I'm planning on upgrading the license detection using scancode to find both license and copyright information for both packages and repositories, which should satisfy reuse.software conventions.

[bzg]

Great, thanks!

[bzg]

Is there any progress about this?

FWIW, SourceHut implements reuse.software detection for licenses since 2020 (see this blog entry).

[andrew]

No progress as the company that was going to fund the work has not followed through, I potentially can pick it up again mid October.

[bzg]

No emergency on our side, thanks for the feedback.