docs: add a root LICENSE pointing to LICENSE-MIT/LICENSE-APACHE - #56
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License-file auto-detectors (OpenSSF Best Practices license_location, GitHub's licensee, etc.) look for a single LICENSE/COPYING at the repo root and do not recognize the hyphenated Rust dual-license naming (LICENSE-MIT + LICENSE-APACHE), so they reported no license file despite both texts being present. Add a root LICENSE stating the MIT OR Apache-2.0 dual license and pointing to both files. No change to the actual terms: Cargo.toml license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0" is unchanged, and LICENSE-MIT / LICENSE-APACHE remain the authoritative texts.
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Review Summary by QodoAdd root LICENSE file for dual-license auto-detection
WalkthroughsDescription• Adds root LICENSE file for license auto-detector compatibility • Declares dual MIT OR Apache-2.0 licensing with pointers • Improves licensing discoverability for OpenSSF and GitHub tools • No change to actual license terms or Cargo.toml Diagramflowchart LR
A["LICENSE-MIT<br/>LICENSE-APACHE<br/>Authoritative texts"] -->|"Pointed to by"| B["New root LICENSE<br/>MIT OR Apache-2.0"]
B -->|"Discovered by"| C["License auto-detectors<br/>OpenSSF, GitHub licensee"]
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Adds a root
LICENSEthat states the MIT OR Apache-2.0 dual license and points toLICENSE-MITandLICENSE-APACHE.Why: license-file auto-detectors (OpenSSF Best Practices
license_location, GitHub's licensee, etc.) look for a singleLICENSE/COPYINGat the repo root and don't recognize the hyphenated Rust dual-license naming, so they report "no license file found" even though both license texts are present at the root. This makes the licensing discoverable to those tools.No change to the actual terms:
Cargo.tomllicense = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"is unchanged, andLICENSE-MIT/LICENSE-APACHEremain the authoritative texts. The new file is a pointer/notice.Once merged, the OpenSSF Best Practices
license_locationcriterion auto-detects Met (it currently keeps reverting our manual Met because the robot re-runs detection on save).