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License clarification #1123

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throwaway1037 opened this issue Nov 9, 2021 · 5 comments
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License clarification #1123

throwaway1037 opened this issue Nov 9, 2021 · 5 comments

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@throwaway1037
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Is the project licensed under GNU-GPL2-only or GNU-GPL2-or-later?

If the former, please may it be released under the latter?

Thank you very much.

@noughtmare
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It's GPL2-only, changing it would be quite an effort, because all contributors would have to agree.

@throwaway1037
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Please may we get the ball rolling on upgrading, even if it takes a while? I'd love to fork the project but GPL2-only, whilst a strong license, is relatively weak and vulnerable compared to GPL2-or-later.

@noughtmare
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Actually, I might be wrong. There is some more information on this issue: yi-editor/yi-rope#10.

@throwaway1037
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Would I be correct in stating that the project is actually GPL2-or-later due to what the package metadata implied?

@throwaway1037
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Otherwise these appear to all be authors with the command git shortlog -s | cut -c8-:
(Someone appears to be named the empty string.)

"Simon Winwood
'Daniel McAllansmith
Adit Cahya Ramadhan
Alan Zimmerman
Aleksandar Dimitrov
Alexander Stepanenko
Alexander Vershilov
Alexandr Ruchkin
Alexey Levan
Amy de Buitléir
Anders Papitto
Andres Loeh
Andrew Myers
Andy Gocke
Anthony Quizon
Art
Ben Armston
Ben Doyle
Ben Moseley
Benjamin Summers
Benno Fünfstück
Carter Charbonneau
Corey O'Connor
Cray Elliott
Călin Ardelean
Daniel Schoepe
David Waern
Deniz Dogan
Dennis Griffith
Dmitri Perunov
Dmitry Ivanov
Dominique Devriese
Don Stewart
Duncan Coutts
Emily Backes
Evan Martin
Felix Martini
Fraser Wilson
Grégoire
Hamish Mackenzie
Henning Guenther
Hi-Angel
Ilya Smelkov
Issac Trotts
Jakub Arnold
Jan Path
Jared Hance
Jarl Gunnar T. Flaten
Jaro Reinders
Jason Dagit
Jean-Philippe Bernardy
[email protected]
Jeff Wheeler
Jens Petersen
Jeremy List
Jeremy Wall (zaphar)
John Ericson
Jonathan Paugh
Joseph
Joseph Barratt
Junji Hashimoto
Kalman Noel
Kevin Quick
Kjetil Ørbekk
Krzysztof Goj
Louis Bettens
Maciej Piechotka
Malte Sommerkorn
Mariano Casco
Mark Wright
Mateusz Kowalczyk
Michael Dagitses
Michal J. Gajda
Michał J. Gajda
Moritz Kiefer
NGK Sternhagen
Nicolas Pouillard
Niil
Paul
Paulo Tanimoto
Pavel Grafov
Philip Kranz
Reiner Pope
Ricardo Wurmus
Richard Goulter
Robert Hensing
Robin Green
Rudi Grinberg
Ryan Desfosses
Ryan Scott
Samuel Bronson
Sergei Trofimovich
Siddhanathan Shanmugam
Sjur G. Karevoll
Soham Chowdhury
Spencer Janssen
Stefan O'Rear
Suleiman Souhlal
Taral
Tatyana Lomonosova
The Gitter Badger
Thomas Schilling
Tuncer Ayaz
Tuomo Valkonen
Wayne Warren
Wen Pu
Yang Zhang
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aiya000
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arenl
bartavelle
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berdario
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dnsl48
dons
dons@
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fiendfan1
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huangyi
jbarratt
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jetho
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mgajda
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mpwp
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niil
nikklassen
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reinerp
rustydc
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stites
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