License missing from gemspec

[bf4]

Some companies will only use gems with a certain license.
The canonical and easy way to check is via the gemspec
via e.g.

spec.license = 'MIT'
# or
spec.licenses = ['MIT', 'GPL-2']

There is even a License Finder to help companies ensure all gems they use
meet their licensing needs. This tool depends on license information being available in the gemspec.
Including a license in your gemspec is a good practice, in any case.

How did I find you?

I'm using a script to collect stats on gems, originally looking for download data, but decided to collect licenses too,
and make issues for missing ones as a public service :)
https://gist.github.com/bf4/5952053#file-license_issue-rb-L13 So far it's going pretty well

[leejarvis]

I wouldn't usually reply to an automated issue, but for reference: https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/blob/master/Y_U_NO_GEMSPEC.md

[bf4]

That has nothing to do with whether there is a gemspec in the project, though. This issue is that the gem you are packaging and distributing doesn't have license = 'MIT' in it. So, obviously there can't be a PR here, but there can still be a license in the next released gem, right? :)

Thanks for the reply!

[knu]

I think we can add self.licenses = ['MIT'] to Rakefile in the Hoe.spec block.

[leejarvis]

@bf4 My apologies for closing this with haste. We get a lot of issues regarding the gemspec and I wrongly closed without properly investigating. Thanks for reporting.

[bf4]

@injekt @knu No problem. I'm familiar with the phenomenon 👪