Updated Plugin Certification Program (markdown)

Jeff Gehlbach 2024-04-30 12:12:58 -04:00
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#### License
To qualify for certification, a plugin must be available under an [OSI-approved open-source license](https://opensource.org/licenses/). NetBox plugins tend to import classes from the `netbox.api` and `netbox.plugins` namespaces, making a license that is compatible with the Apache License version 2.0 a practical requirement.
A copy of the plugin's license must be included at the top level of the plugin's source repository, in a file named `LICENSE.md`, `LICENSE.txt`, or `LICENSE`. The same license must be designated in the plugin's PyPI package entry.
Among licenses characterized by OSI as “popular / strong community”, the practical choices are, in rough order of recent popularity:
- [MIT License](https://opensource.org/license/mit/)