https://yourlicense.ca.dev.prosyon.ca/tags/how-to/Recent content in How-To on Your LicenseHugoen-cahttps://yourlicense.ca.dev.prosyon.ca/guide/how-to-apply-a-licence/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://yourlicense.ca.dev.prosyon.ca/guide/how-to-apply-a-licence/<p>Picking a licence is half the work. Actually attaching it so it is discoverable, enforceable, and scannable by compliance tooling is the other half.</p> <h2 id="for-a-software-repository">For a software repository</h2> <ol> <li> <p><strong>Add a <code>LICENSE</code> file</strong> at the root of the repository containing the full text of the chosen licence. Use the canonical text from the licence&rsquo;s official source, not a paraphrase.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Fill in the copyright line</strong> if the licence template has one (MIT, BSD, Apache all do). Use the current year and the correct author or organisation name.</p>