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Minor tweaks.
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milessabin committed Jul 22, 2015
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## License

spray-json-shapeless is an Open Source project under the Apache License v2.
spray-json-shapeless is Free Software under the Apache License v2.

I would prefer to license under the LPGL because
I would prefer a [copyleft][copyleft] license because
[TypeSafe have set the precedent of closing sources](https://github.com/smootoo/freeslick#history)
and it is extremely concerning that this is happening within our
community. The best way to fight back is by writing software with a
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However, both of the primary upstream projects, spray-json and shapeless, are
published under Apache v2, so it is more appropriate to publish this project
on the same terms.

[copyleft]: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.en.html

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