Relicensing

[ThePhD]

I would like to Relicense sol3 to the Apache License 2.0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License#Version_2.0

I want to have the same benefits of MIT and also patent protection. Nothing in sol2 is currently patentable nor has anyone submitted any work like this, but it would be great to move to a proven license and make sure sol2 stays patent-troll free.

I need to finish contacting each and every person who has contributed to any part of sol2. If you'd like, you can also leave a comment here as well, so that I can see that you're okay with switching to the Apache License (or any objections therein).

[ThePhD]

It has been brought up that the Apache 2 License has problems interacting with some other Open Source licenses. Also, Apache-2 only provides patent protection for what is inside of sol2, with the promise that we -- the people who contribute code here -- will not sue those who use what is inside sol2.

I don't have the infrastructure to maintain a Contributor License Agreement database to ensure that this is possible. At the moment, it's going to stay MIT while I figure out how to handle these issues. Again, nothing in sol2 is patent-able or problematic in any way, shape or form but I'd still like to find some form of protection for contributors and users.

[ThePhD]

Since I don't have the time / money for a Lawyer and the MIT license isn't too terrible (and since I'm fairly certain nobody can implement anything proprietary in a wrapper library), we will keep the license as MIT.