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Relicense under the MIT license #1169

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@nsoranzo nsoranzo commented May 11, 2021

The Academic Free License is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines; relicensing under the MIT license will allow Planemo to be packaged by Debian.

See also https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#AcademicFreeLicense

The Academic Free License is not compatible with the Debian Free
Software Guidelines; relicensing under the MIT license will allow
Planemo to be packaged by Debian.
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nsoranzo commented May 11, 2021

Ping @nturaga @shiltemann @mr-c @lorrainealisha75 : can you please approve this pull request if you agree with the license change?

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Ideally we would get every single contributor to agree, although if there is a minimum threshold is perhaps open to debate?

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nsoranzo commented May 11, 2021

Ideally we would get every single contributor to agree, although if there is a minimum threshold is perhaps open to debate?

@peterjc Once we get approval from the more frequent contributors, I'll ping more people from https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/graphs/contributors .

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@mr-c Can you formally approve please? You have contributed a couple of commits some time ago.

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nturaga commented May 11, 2021

+1 from end.

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Ping @abretaud @kellrott @malloryfreeberg @AndreasSko : can you please approve this pull request if you agree with the license change?

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Thanks all for the approvals, I think we have all substantial contributors on board. 🎉

@jmchilton Are you OK to merge?

@jmchilton jmchilton merged commit 7d18dfb into galaxyproject:master May 27, 2021
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Thanks for leading the charge @nsoranzo - I really appreciate your efforts here.

@nsoranzo nsoranzo deleted the MIT_license branch May 27, 2021 17:31
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