Clarify extension license detection in docs (#39456)

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Joseph T. Lyons
2025-10-03 12:32:24 +00:00
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@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ As of October 1st, 2025, extension repositories must include one of the followin
This allows us to distribute the resulting binary produced from your extension code to our users.
Without a valid license, the pull request to add or update your extension in the following steps will fail CI.
Your license file should be at the root of your extension repository with a filename like `LICENSE`, `LICENSE.txt`, `LICENSE-MIT`, etc. For the logic on how license files are identified, see the [license validation source code](https://github.com/zed-industries/extensions/blob/main/src/lib/license.js).
Your license file should be at the root of your extension repository. Any filename that has `LICENCE` or `LICENSE` as a prefix (case insensitive) will be inspected to ensure it matches one of the accepted licenses. See the [license validation source code](https://github.com/zed-industries/extensions/blob/main/src/lib/license.js).
> This license requirement applies only to your extension code itself (the code that gets compiled into the extension binary).
> It does not apply to any tools your extension may download or interact with, such as language servers or other external dependencies.