Re-licensing readr as MIT (1/2)

[hadley]

We are systematically re-licensing tidyverse and r-lib packages to use the MIT license, to make our package licenses as clear and permissive as possible. To do so, we need the approval of all copyright holders, which I have found by reviewing contributions from all all non-RStudio contributors. @alyst, @antoine-lizee, @asnr, @bearloga, @billdenney, @blakeboswell, @boshek, @brianrice2, @briatte, @cb4ds, @cboettig, @DanielleQuinn, @DanRuderman, @dapperjapper, @dewittpe, @dmurdoch, @edwindj, @ellessenne, @GegznaV, @gergness, @ghaarsma, @hidekoji, @hoehleatsu, @Ironholds, @izahn, @jdblischak, @jdeboer, @jesse-ross, @johnmcdonnell, @jrnold, @keesdeschepper, @kmillar, @lambdamoses, @leeper, @mawds, @md0u80c9, @michaelquinn32, @mikmart, @nacnudus, @namelessjon, @noamross, @npjc, @olgamie, @pralitp, @QuLogic, @rgknight, @RomeroBarata, @salim-b, would you permit us to re-license readr with the MIT license? If so, please comment "I agree" below.

• @alyst
• @antoine-lizee
• @asnr
• @bearloga
• @billdenney
• @blakeboswell
• @boshek
• @brianrice2
• @briatte
• @cb4ds
• @cboettig
• @DanielleQuinn
• @DanRuderman
• @dapperjapper
• @dewittpe
• @dmurdoch
• @edwindj
• @ellessenne
• @GegznaV
• @gergness
• @ghaarsma
• @hidekoji
• @hoehleatsu
• @Ironholds
• @izahn
• @jdblischak
• @jdeboer
• @jesse-ross
• @johnmcdonnell
• @jrnold
• @keesdeschepper
• @kmillar
• @lambdamoses
• @leeper
• @mawds
• @md0u80c9
• @michaelquinn32
• @mikmart
• @nacnudus
• @namelessjon
• @noamross
• @npjc
• @olgamie
• @pralitp
• @QuLogic
• @rgknight
• @RomeroBarata
• @salim-b

[brianrice2]

I agree 👍

[billdenney]

I agree

[alyst]

I do agree 👍

[keesdeschepper]

I agree

[dapperjapper]

I agree!

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[cboettig]

I agree 👍

[izahn]

I agree

[lambdamoses]

Before deciding whether to agree, may I ask what shortcomings of GPL2 are you trying to avoid? Also, what if some of the contributors disagree?

[mhoehle]

I agree

[dewittpe]

I agree.

[QuLogic]

I agree.

[cb4ds]

I agree

[hidekoji]

I agree.

[md0u80c9]

I agree.

[gergness]

I agree

[jesse-ross]

I agree.

[jdeboer]

I agree.

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On Fri, 9 Apr 2021, 6:39 am Hadley Wickham, ***@***.***> wrote: We are systematically re-licensing tidyverse and r-lib packages to use the MIT license, to make our package licenses as clear and permissive as possible. To do so, we need the approval of all copyright holders, which I have found by reviewing contributions from all all non-RStudio contributors <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/graphs/contributors>. @alyst <https://github.com/alyst>, @antoine-lizee <https://github.com/antoine-lizee>, @asnr <https://github.com/asnr>, @bearloga <https://github.com/bearloga>, @billdenney <https://github.com/billdenney>, @blakeboswell <https://github.com/blakeboswell>, @boshek <https://github.com/boshek>, @brianrice2 <https://github.com/brianrice2>, @briatte <https://github.com/briatte>, @cb4ds <https://github.com/cb4ds>, @cboettig <https://github.com/cboettig>, @DanielleQuinn <https://github.com/DanielleQuinn>, @DanRuderman <https://github.com/DanRuderman>, @dapperjapper <https://github.com/dapperjapper>, @dewittpe <https://github.com/dewittpe>, @dmurdoch <https://github.com/dmurdoch>, @edwindj <https://github.com/edwindj>, @ellessenne <https://github.com/ellessenne>, @GegznaV <https://github.com/GegznaV>, @gergness <https://github.com/gergness>, @ghaarsma <https://github.com/ghaarsma>, @hidekoji <https://github.com/hidekoji>, @hoehleatsu <https://github.com/hoehleatsu>, @Ironholds <https://github.com/Ironholds>, @izahn <https://github.com/izahn>, @jdblischak <https://github.com/jdblischak>, @jdeboer <https://github.com/jdeboer>, @jesse-ross <https://github.com/jesse-ross>, @johnmcdonnell <https://github.com/johnmcdonnell>, @jrnold <https://github.com/jrnold>, @keesdeschepper <https://github.com/keesdeschepper>, @kmillar <https://github.com/kmillar>, @lambdamoses <https://github.com/lambdamoses>, @leeper <https://github.com/leeper>, @mawds <https://github.com/mawds>, @md0u80c9 <https://github.com/md0u80c9>, @michaelquinn32 <https://github.com/michaelquinn32>, @mikmart <https://github.com/mikmart>, @nacnudus <https://github.com/nacnudus>, @namelessjon <https://github.com/namelessjon>, @noamross <https://github.com/noamross>, @npjc <https://github.com/npjc>, @olgamie <https://github.com/olgamie>, @pralitp <https://github.com/pralitp>, @QuLogic <https://github.com/QuLogic>, @rgknight <https://github.com/rgknight>, @RomeroBarata <https://github.com/RomeroBarata>, @salim-b <https://github.com/salim-b>, would you permit us to re-license readr with the MIT license? If so, please comment "I agree" below. - @alyst <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=alyst> - @antoine-lizee <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=antoine-lizee> - @asnr <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=asnr> - @bearloga <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=bearloga> - @billdenney <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=billdenney> - @blakeboswell <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=blakeboswell> - @boshek <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=boshek> - @brianrice2 <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=brianrice2> - @briatte <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=briatte> - @cb4ds <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=cb4ds> - @cboettig <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=cboettig> - @DanielleQuinn <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=DanielleQuinn> - @DanRuderman <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=DanRuderman> - @dapperjapper <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=dapperjapper> - @dewittpe <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=dewittpe> - @dmurdoch <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=dmurdoch> - @edwindj <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=edwindj> - @ellessenne <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=ellessenne> - @GegznaV <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=GegznaV> - @gergness <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=gergness> - @ghaarsma <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=ghaarsma> - @hidekoji <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=hidekoji> - @hoehleatsu <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=hoehleatsu> - @Ironholds <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=Ironholds> - @izahn <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=izahn> - @jdblischak <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=jdblischak> - @jdeboer <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=jdeboer> - @jesse-ross <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=jesse-ross> - @johnmcdonnell <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=johnmcdonnell> - @jrnold <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=jrnold> - @keesdeschepper <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=keesdeschepper> - @kmillar <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=kmillar> - @lambdamoses <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=lambdamoses> - @leeper <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=leeper> - @mawds <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=mawds> - @md0u80c9 <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=md0u80c9> - @michaelquinn32 <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=michaelquinn32> - @mikmart <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=mikmart> - @nacnudus <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=nacnudus> - @namelessjon <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=namelessjon> - @noamross <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=noamross> - @npjc <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=npjc> - @olgamie <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=olgamie> - @pralitp <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=pralitp> - @QuLogic <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=QuLogic> - @rgknight <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=rgknight> - @RomeroBarata <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=RomeroBarata> - @salim-b <https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/commits?author=salim-b> — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. 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[dmurdoch]

I agree.

[michaelquinn32]

I agree.

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[boshek]

i agree

[blakeboswell]

I agree.

[johnmcdonnell]

I agree

[RomeroBarata]

I agree.

[kmillar]

I agree

[ellessenne]

I agree.

[nacnudus]

I agree

[edwindj]

I agree

[salim-b]

I agree

[hadley]

@lambdamoses Although we don't believe there's any reason to be concerned, some companies are made nervous by the terms of the GPL. Since we want our packages to be as used as widely as possible, we are moving towards the simpler and more permissive MIT license, which doesn't cause the same concerns.

So far, we've been lucky and across the hundreds of contributors to the tidyverse, everyone has agreed to re-license their contributions. If someone didn't aggree, we would remove their code and, if necessary, implement the idea anew. This is permissible because copyright only protects the expression of the idea, not the idea itself.

[asnr]

I agree.

[noamross]

I agree

[jdblischak]

I agree

[lambdamoses]

@hadley Thank you for answering. I agree

[GegznaV]

I agree

[ghaarsma]

I agree

[bearloga]

I agree

[Ironholds]

I agree

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[mikmart]

I agree

[briatte]

I agree

[batpigandme]

Hi @antoine-lizee, @DanielleQuinn, @DanRuderman, @jrnold, @leeper, @mawds, @namelessjon, @npjc, @olgamie, @pralitp, @rgknight,
We'd love to get your agreement please, if you could take a look when you have a chance. 🙂
Thanks!

[namelessjon]

I agree. Sorry for the delay

[rgknight]

I agree

[pralitp]

I agree

[antoine-lizee]

I agree ! Thanks for fetching me :-)

[DanRuderman]

I agree

[npjc]

I agree, thanks for the prompt

[leeper]

I agree

[jrnold]

I agree

[DanielleQuinn]

I agree!

[hadley]

We have made a good-faith attempt to get consent from all contributor to the package under the previous license. This has included reviewing contributions to the package for non-trivial changes, seeking agreement to re-license with GitHub issues, sending a reminding after two weeks, and reaching out by e-mail (where possible).

Unfortunately, we have not received a response from @mawds and @olgamie. We have carefully reviewed their contributions. Given that the contributions are relatively small, and no one has objected to re-licensing across all tidyverse and r-lib repos, we are going to move ahead with the re-licensing. Of course, if we later discover that contributors are not happy with the re-licensing, we'll re-implement their changes.

[olgamie]

Sorry to reply so late, I agree.

[mawds]

Sorry so late too, I agree