Dual license as Apache v2 and MIT

[gaul]

Describe the feature

Distribute the C++ SDK under two liberal licenses.

Use Case

s3fs is licensed as a GPLv2 or later program. GPLv2 is not compatible with Apache v2 and thus the license effectively upgrades to GPLv3 or later.

Proposed Solution

Dual license the SDK like Rust does:

https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/licenses

Other Information

Some discussion about Apache and GPL licenses:

https://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html

Further StackOverflow discussion which states and incompatibility with GPLv2:

https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1357/can-i-link-a-apache-2-0-library-into-software-under-gplv2

Acknowledgements

• I may be able to implement this feature request
• This feature might incur a breaking change

[jmklix]

Thanks for this suggestion, we are looking into this. I will make sure to include any updates here.

[rvansa]

Hello, has there been any conclusion from the considerations?

[kai-ion]

Converting this to a Discussion. It's an improvements we plan to pursue over time rather than one actionable change with a near-term milestone, so a Discussion better fits collecting the specifics and design input.