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Markdown Formatted Licenses

Formatting rules for converting a license into the markdown format:

General Formatting

• Hard wrap all lines at 80 characters. It's a good line length.

• Files should be named using the license's acronym followed by -LICENSE.md.

• Leave ALL CAPS sections alone (i.e. don't convert to bold), they need to be conspicuous in all formats.

Headers

• Level 1 and level 2 headers should use the two line header style:

  Some Level 1 Header
  ===================
  
  Some Level 2 Header
  -------------------
  

• Headers should always have a blank line following them, and two blank lines preceding them (unless it's the document header).

• There should be only one level 1 header: the document header. It should include the name of the license, any versioning information, and the acronym of the license. For example:

  The GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991 (GPLv2)
  ============================================================
  

Lists

• List items should have a blank line between each.

• List items should be indented 4 spaces each. Ditto nested lists.

  1.  List item.
  
      a.  Sub item.
  
  2.  Another thingo.
  

• Use * to indicate bulleted lists.

• Be careful to not relabel ordered lists! Markdown always starts ordered lists at 1. You may want to use sub-headings to preserve ordering.