Ben Balter
@benbalter
@benbalter
- I created Licensee as a side project. Today, it powers license detection & descriptions on GitHub. Along with http://choosealicense.com and the license picker, it demystifies FOSS licensing & has had a measurable impact on adoption (and standardization). https://github.blog/2015-03-09-open-source-license-usage-on-github-com/
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