diff README.md @ 5472:9321d9fb719f

improve README.md about licensing * Use meanwhile established `SPDX-FileCopyrightText:` line to give the holder of the usage rights, improve the explanation. * Use `SPDX-License-Identifier:` also here.
author Bernhard Reiter <bernhard@intevation.de>
date Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:50:17 +0200
parents b86367910f86
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--- a/README.md	Tue Jul 20 09:45:16 2021 +0200
+++ b/README.md	Tue Jul 20 11:50:17 2021 +0200
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@
 # License
 
 //gemma// source code itself is licensed as Free Software
-under GNU Affero GPL v>=3. See the specific source files
+under GNU Affero GPL v>=3.
+```
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+```
+See the specific source files
 for details, the license itself can be found in the directory `LICENSES`.
 
 To build a complete product, a number of other Free Software components
@@ -140,8 +144,10 @@
 
 # Credits
 
-Exclusive usage rights
- (we are in Europe, so it is not Common-law's "copyright"):
- via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH, Austria
+Holder of the exclusive usage rights
+(comparable to common-law's "copyright holder"):
+```
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2021 via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH, Austria
+```
 
 Software-Engineering: Intevation GmbH, Germany