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[Aaron Boodman]

> @license BSD
> or
> @license GPL
> 
> Or perhaps we should request that all scripts in the repository are
> licensed gpl or bsd?

This is the first compelling argument I have heard for a new metadata
item. Userscript.org could use the value of the license tag (one of an
enumerated list of known values) to determine which UI (if any) to
show for editing/branching.

Legally, I think (but I'm no lawyer) that you cannot copy someone's
work unless it is specifically licensed to allow you to, right? So
perhaps the policy is:

* No UI for editing/branching without a license tag
* If there is a license tag and it is equal to a license which allows
modification and redistribution, then the edit UI appears.
* The system will always maintain attribution -- possibly even
prepended to the userscript source -- automatically, so we don't need
to worry about licenses which require original attribution vs those
that don't.
* The UI which allows users to add brand new scripts specifically
looks for a @license tag. If it doesn't see one, it warns them that
this will mean the script is not editable and prompts them to provide
one.

-- 
Aaron