From 1968670ffbab9b15f164298a383d0ddc029fc9ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan <21129425+ItIsJordan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:16:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update usage documentation

Updates the documentation for usage in usage.rst to improve licence notice clarity. Now mentions that a licence does not need to be specified if it is CC0.
---
 docs/usage.rst | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 48147fac..c6d2e7d5 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ The ``resource_license`` is in the form of a dictionary with mandatory string ``
 The optional argument ``file_type="HistFactory"`` (default value of ``None``) can be used to identify statistical models provided in the HistFactory JSON
 format rather than relying on certain trigger words in the ``description`` (see `pyhf section of submission documentation`_).
 
-**Please note:** The default license applied to records uploaded to HEPData is `CC0`_. You do not
-need to specify a license by default.
+**Please note:** The default license applied to all data uploaded to HEPData is `CC0`_. You do not
+need to specify a license for a resource file unless it differs from `CC0`_.
 
 .. _`CC0`: https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/
 
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ Adding a data license
 You can add data license information to a table using the ``add_data_license`` function of the Table class.
 This function takes mandatory ``name`` and ``url`` string arguments, as well as an optional ``description``.
 
-**Please note:** The default license applied to records uploaded to HEPData is `CC0`_. You do not
-need to specify a license by default.
+**Please note:** The default license applied to all data uploaded to HEPData is `CC0`_. You do not
+need to specify a license for a data table unless it differs from `CC0`_.
 
 .. _`CC0`: https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/