Hello kind people,
I have created a draft of the tutorial. Going into the tutorial, I prioritised three things:
- Length (i.e., keep it short)
- Clarity of instructions
- Tangibility/relatability
Things I explicitly avoided (but might need to be mentioned elsewhere):
- Explaining how copyright and licensing works
- Explaining why this is important
- Explaining how SPDX and DEP-5 work
- Explaining rationales for REUSE decisions
- Explaining all the possible options from the spec
- Explaining that some licences might not be compatible, and you may occasionally need legal review from an expert
- Explaining that Free Software licences are the best licences
Specifically, I wanted to touch on these things going in:
- How to add licence
- How to mark files as being under a certain licence
- How to deal with files that cannot have headers
- How to deal with large directories
And so I ended up with http://carmenbianca.eu/en/reuse/;. If or when you have time, please let me know how it could be improved, or whether the general style of the tutorial is fitting at all. I am half-certain it would be much better with nice illustrations, but I am not very good at those.
With kindness, Carmen