Licensing And Promotion

[jhabdas]

Are there or should there be a documented list of licenses Hugo maintainers feel acceptable for use in promoting FLOSS software on the forums?

For reference, here’s a list of licenses compatible with the GNU GPL:

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html

Are all of the compatible licenses considered acceptable for promotion on the Hugo forums?

[bep]

@jhabdas

Are all of the compatible licenses considered acceptable for promotion on the Hugo forums?

There are millions of licenses out there, so that is not possible to say. But if you pick one of the standard ones (that not contain any curse words), you should be good to go.

[jhabdas]

I presume you’re referring to the WTFPL, Jeff Atwood’s preferred license. Ironic, isn’t it, given we’re using Discourse? On a more serious note though, WTFPL has some practical aspects worth looking into if you’re able to look past the specific language. Please consider spending some time reading up if you can.

Thanks!

[bep]

@jhabdas

isn’t it, given we’re using Discourse?

discourse/discourse/blob/main/LICENSE.txt

[maiki]

@jhabdas

Are all of the compatible licenses considered acceptable for promotion on the Hugo forums?

I am curious about when we would promote licenses in the forums. What does that look like?

[jhabdas]

Based on my experience it’s unacceptable to promote a theme component in the Hugo forums if the component is licensed under WTFPL, even if the license isn’t mentioned in the promotion (awareness) announcement.