Proposal: Change license to Affero GPL 3.0-only

[sirodoht]

I want to change the license of this repository (https://github.com/mataroa-blog/mataroa) and its code to be under the terms of GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only.

The most significant difference with this change is that whoever wants to distribute the mataroa software will have to disclose their changes to the source code, if any. In contrast, our current MIT license allows one to take this software and distribute it as closed source.

To make this change, all contributors must agree to relicense their contributions under the new license, GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only.

If you are a contributor and agree with this license change, please comment below. This is the complete list of contributors who need to agree, as of 2024-06-30 17:00 UTC+0, according to the GitHub Contributors page:

• @sirodoht
• @merlinscholz
• @ratsclub
• @geoah
• @xplosionmind
• @knutwalker
• @Unknowing9428
• @pratul
• @bpevs
• @geokeloglou

The full AGPL-3.0-only license text is here: https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html

Here are summaries of the two licenses from TLDRLegal:

• https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-affero-general-public-license-v3-agpl-3-0
• https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license

[sirodoht]

I agree with the license change of the mataroa codebase (https://github.com/mataroa-blog/mataroa) to GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only.

[knutwalker]

I agree with the license change

[geoah]

I agree with the license change

[bpevs]

haha does my change even count as a contribution? 😆
But I mean sure I agree with the license change.

I agree with the license change

[geokeloglou]

I agree with the license change of the mataroa codebase to GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only.

Agreed. Thank you Theodore!

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On Monday, July 1st, 2024 at 00:50, Theodore Keloglou ***@***.***> wrote: I want to change the license of this repository (https://github.com/mataroa-blog/mataroa) and its code to be under the terms of GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only. The most significant difference with this change is that whoever wants to distribute the mataroa software will have to disclose their changes to the source code, if any. In contrast, our current MIT license allows one to take this software and distribute it as closed source. To make this change, all contributors must agree to relicense their contributions under the new license, GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only. If you are a contributor and agree with this license change, please comment below. This is the complete list of contributors as of 2024-06-30 according to the [GitHub Contributors page](https://github.com/mataroa-blog/mataroa/graphs/contributors): - ***@***.***(https://github.com/sirodoht) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/merlinscholz) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/ratsclub) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/geoah) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/xplosionmind) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/knutwalker) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/Unknowing9428) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/pratul) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/bpevs) - ***@***.***(https://github.com/geokeloglou) The full AGPL-3.0-only license text is here: https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html Here are summaries of the two licenses from TLDRLegal: - https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-affero-general-public-license-v3-agpl-3-0 - https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license — Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#63), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BCM5TNNI5GMFUL53I55MURLZKAZMLAVCNFSM6AAAAABKEH2VB2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGM4DEMZTGY2TGMI). You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[pratul]

I agree with this license change! Thank you for building mataroa.

[xplosionmind]

Humbled to be considered a contributor 😍
I agree and I applaud this choice!

[ratsclub]

I agree with the license change of the mataroa codebase (https://github.com/mataroa-blog/mataroa) to GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only.—Victor FreireOn 30 Jun 2024, at 13:50, Theodore Keloglou ***@***.***> wrote: I want to change the license of this repository (https://github.com/mataroa-blog/mataroa) and its code to be under the terms of GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only. The most significant difference with this change is that whoever wants to distribute the mataroa software will have to disclose their changes to the source code, if any. In contrast, our current MIT license allows one to take this software and distribute it as closed source. To make this change, all contributors must agree to relicense their contributions under the new license, GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only. If you are a contributor and agree with this license change, please comment below. This is the complete list of contributors as of 2024-06-30 according to the GitHub Contributors page: @sirodoht @merlinscholz @ratsclub @geoah @xplosionmind @knutwalker @Unknowing9428 @pratul @bpevs @geokeloglou The full AGPL-3.0-only license text is here: https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html Here are summaries of the two licenses from TLDRLegal: https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-affero-general-public-license-v3-agpl-3-0 https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[sirodoht]

Great! Thanks everybody! It's done: c6b8e9e