Add rationale for family/has_license

com.google.fonts/check/family/has_license On the Google Fonts Profile. (PR #4570)
fonttools · Mar 5, 2024 · 51856ab · 51856ab
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ A more detailed list of changes is available in the corresponding milestones for
   - **[com.google.fonts/check/smart_dropout]:** Improve rationale with better fixing instructions. (PR #4570)
   - **[com.google.fonts/check/production_glyphs_similarity]:** Added rationale. (PR #4570)
   - **[com.google.fonts/check/version_bump]:** Added rationale. (PR #4570)
+  - **[com.google.fonts/check/family/has_license]:** Added rationale. (PR #4570)
 
 #### On the FontValidator profile
   - **[com.google.fonts/check/fontvalidator]:** Added rationale. (PR #4570)

diff --git a/Lib/fontbakery/checks/googlefonts/license.py b/Lib/fontbakery/checks/googlefonts/license.py
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ def is_ofl(font):
     id="com.google.fonts/check/family/has_license",
     conditions=["gfonts_repo_structure"],
     proposal="legacy:check/028",
+    rationale="""
+        A license file is required for all fonts in the Google Fonts collection.
+        This checks that the font's directory contains a file named OFL.txt or
+        LICENSE.txt.
+    """,
 )
 def com_google_fonts_check_family_has_license(licenses, config):
     """Check font has a license."""