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@@ -102,10 +102,15 @@ you can specify the value for "bugs" as a simple string instead of an
<p>You should specify a license for your package so that people know how they are
permitted to use it, and any restrictions you&#39;re placing on it.</p>
-<p>The simplest way, assuming you&#39;re using a common license such as BSD or MIT, is
-to just specify the name of the license you&#39;re using, like this:</p>
+<p>The simplest way, assuming you&#39;re using a common license such as BSD-3-Clause
+or MIT, is to just specify the standard SPDX ID of the license you&#39;re using,
+like this:</p>
-<pre><code>{ &quot;license&quot; : &quot;BSD&quot; }</code></pre>
+<pre><code>{ &quot;license&quot; : &quot;BSD-3-Clause&quot; }</code></pre>
+
+<p>You can check <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/">the full list of SPDX license IDs</a>.
+Ideally you should pick one that is
+<a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical">OSI</a> approved.</p>
<p>If you have more complex licensing terms, or you want to provide more detail
in your package.json file, you can use the more verbose plural form, like this:</p>
@@ -550,7 +555,7 @@ overridden.</p>
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-<p id="footer">package.json &mdash; npm@1.3.15</p>
+<p id="footer">package.json &mdash; npm@1.3.17</p>
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