Alle kodebaser skal ha en lisensfil i rotkatalogen til repositoriet. Denne filen skal hete LICENSE.md.
Nav lisensierer kode under MIT-lisensen: (Kopier/lim inn teksten, men endre til riktig <YEAR>)
# The MIT License
Copyright <YEAR> Nav (Arbeids- og velferdsdirektoratet) - The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Siden dette er MIT-lisensen, en fri lisens, så er det ikke så viktig om året er oppdatert.
Det er ikke behov for å endre årstall uten en spesifikk grunn. Ved behov for å endre årstall, er det viktig at dette gjøres sammen med endring av kode.