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Add advice for pseudonymous and anonymous authors
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Also propogate NONE to elsewhere in the FAQ.

Co-Authored-By: Matija Šuklje <hook@fsfe.org>
Signed-off-by: Carmen Bianca BAKKER <carmenbianca@fsfe.org>
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"poetry.lock",
"requirements.txt"
]
SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "Nobody"
SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "NONE"
SPDX-License-Identifier = "CC0-1.0"
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whether the licenses are compatible](#license-compatibility), and add the new
licenses to your project.

## ... copy a work published under a pseudonym or nickname? {#copy-pseudonym}

You can list the pseudonym as the copyright holder. Some projects do not allow
pseudonymous contributions.

## ... copy a work that has no copyright notice or license? {#no-copyright-license}

Before you proceed, always first make sure that you can find the copyright and
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question](#copyright-holder-author) for more information on the distinction.
When in doubt, contact the author for clarification.

It may be that the author wishes to remain anonymous, which is their right. You
can write [`NONE` or `NOASSERTION` as the copyright
holder](https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/file-information/#88-copyright-text-field).

If the work has no license, then that means that you do not have the right to
copy it. If you believe that this is a mistake and the author clearly meant for
you to be able to copy this work, you should contact the author and ask them to
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[CC0-1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) license or
another similar public domain dedication.

You may choose to use a copyright tag such as `SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Nobody`
You may choose to use a copyright tag such as `SPDX-FileCopyrightText: NONE`
to assert that there is no copyright holder.

The reason that these files _must_ be licensed is because reasonable minds can
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