Licence information in the README

[madoar]

I'm not sure I understand the benefit of having the licence information in two locations, namely the LICENCE file and the README.md file. As far as I understand github the licence information should be added to the LICENCE file, while other information should be added to the README file. What do you think?

[blentz]

The readme isn't the full license text. It's just a notification that there is an applicable license. The full text is in the LICENSE file.

So, they serve different purposes.

At least in the USA, the way licensing issues are settled, the redundancy doesn't hurt. It makes it less arguable that someone didn't realize there were terms they needed to follow.