{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/email_reply_parser/issues/16","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/email_reply_parser/issues/16/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/email_reply_parser/issues/16/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/email_reply_parser/issues/16/events","html_url":"https://github.com/github/email_reply_parser/issues/16","id":17373657,"number":16,"title":"License missing from gemspec","user":{"login":"bf4","id":142914,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/142914?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4","html_url":"https://github.com/bf4","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bf4/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2013-07-30T01:54:23Z","updated_at":"2015-12-11T14:13:47Z","closed_at":null,"body":"RubyGems.org doesn't report a license for your gem.  This is because it is not specified in the [gemspec](http:t/docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20#license) of your last release.\n\nvia e.g.\n\n    spec.license = 'MIT'\n    # or\n    spec.licenses = ['MIT', 'GPL-2']\n\nIncluding a license in your gemspec is an easy way for rubygems.org and other tools to check how your gem is licensed.  As you can image, scanning your repository for a LICENSE file or parsing the README, and then attempting to identify the license or licenses is much more difficult and more error prone. So, even for projects that already specify a license, including a license in your gemspec is a good practice. See, for example, how [rubygems.org uses the gemspec to  display the rails gem license](https://rubygems.org/gems/rails).\n\nThere is even a [License Finder gem](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder) to help companies/individuals ensure all gems they use meet their licensing needs. This tool depends on license information being available in the gemspec.  This is an important enough issue that *even Bundler now generates gems with a default 'MIT' license*.\n\nI hope you'll consider specifying a license in your gemspec. If not, please just close the issue with a nice message. In either case, I'll follow up. Thanks for your time!\n\nAppendix:\n\nIf you need help choosing a [license](http://opensource.org/licenses) (sorry, I haven't checked your readme or looked for a license file), GitHub has created a [license picker tool](http://choosealicense.com/).  Code without a license specified defaults to 'All rights reserved'-- denying others all rights to use of the code.\nHere's a [list of the license names I've found and their frequencies](https://github.com/bf4/gemproject/blob/master/license_usage.csv)\n\np.s. In case you're wondering how I found you and why I made this issue, it's because I'm collecting stats on gems (I was originally looking for download data) and decided to collect license metadata,too, and [make issues for gemspecs not specifying a license as a public service :)](https://github.com/bf4/gemproject/issues/1). See the previous link or my [blog post aobut this project for more information](http://www.benjaminfleischer.com/2013/07/12/make-the-world-a-better-place-put-a-license-in-your-gemspec/).\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/email_reply_parser/issues/comments/163945234","html_url":"https://github.com/github/email_reply_parser/issues/16#issuecomment-163945234","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/email_reply_parser/issues/16","id":163945234,"user":{"login":"technoweenie","id":21,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie","html_url":"https://github.com/technoweenie","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/technoweenie/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":true},"created_at":"2015-12-11T14:13:47Z","updated_at":"2015-12-11T14:13:47Z","body":"They're both correct. 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