x/pkgsite: clarify what kinds of licenses are acceptable #56075
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https://pkg.go.dev/license-policy has quite a bit of helpful wording, including:
I would like to see a bit more information about what kinds of licenses are acceptable for pkgsite. For example, I can think of two cases where it is unlikely that pkgsite would add a particular license:
Moreover, it seems like a license being recognized by the Open Source Initiative is a significant factor, but this is not documented either.
It's also unclear to me if a license being recognized by OSI is a requirement or not. If it's not a requirement, do we still require licenses to include some OSS freedoms such as read/study/redistribute? If so, that should be documented as well.
cc @jba @hyangah
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