[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5126: Validate the license set during plugin upload

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#5126: Validate the license set during plugin upload
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 Reporter:  casiepa           |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |   Keywords:
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 #4719 enforced setting a license (see also #1944), but is not really
 checking what is specified as a license.
 A check should be made on what the License is set to and the outcome could
 be:
 1. GPL Compatible license
 2. GPL Compatible license but not really for software (e.g. for
 documentation)
 3. GPL Incompatible license
 4. Unknown license (might be valid but not written in a recognized format)
 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html]

 If option 1., all fine
 If option 3., then refuse
 If option 2. or 4. check manually

 As an example I started those checks in
 https://github.com/ePascalC/CheckPluginForTranslation/

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