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How to specify GPL-2.0-only on github new repository (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 2 years ago by promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/programming

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Hey everyone. I would like to specify that I want to use GPLv2 only without including support for GPLv3 in a repository I want to create. Anyone know how I can do that through github's create a new repository interface?

Much appreciated

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[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 14 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Just create new file called LICENSE in the root directory and and paste the license text into it.

[–] brie 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For manual placement I recommend putting it in COPYING since GitHub will still detect it. It's a peeve of mine that using the selector puts the GPL in LICENSE.

[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why don't you like putting the license in LICENSE?

[–] brie 2 points 2 years ago

The how-to specifies to use COPYING, so I prefer it for consistency.

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