Add license parameter

[cjolowicz]

Add license parameter

[cjolowicz]

Thanks @pawamoy and @yajo for providing these insights!

I'm leaning towards the solution using a single license file with Jinja2 conditions because I find it more self-contained. Another example of a project template using this approach is cookiecutter-django. The folder solution has advantages in maintainability and readability, but I'd rather not add more logic to the hooks, and the set of supported licenses won't change very often. That's my reasoning anyway, feel free to raise additional points.

Pull requests for this would be very welcome 😉

[pawamoy]

Check out how I'm doing this in cookie-poetry.
I basically add a choice field in cookiecutter.json with all licenses, and a folder in the template with a file for each license that gets generated. In a post-hook, I copy the selected license to the right place and delete the whole licenses folder (now useless).

Maybe not the best method, but it works 🙂
I know @yajo is writing all the licenses text in a big file with Jinja2 conditions. The filename is templated as well.

[yajo]

Yes, see https://github.com/Tecnativa/doodba-copier-template/blob/ab7a378e473ab3b15a5db811f33715024c9f2b44/%7B%25%20if%20project_license%20%25%7DLICENSE%7B%25%20endif%20%25%7D.jinja and the related stuff.