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davidB / scala-maven-plugin

The scala-maven-plugin (previously maven-scala-plugin) is used for compiling/testing/running/documenting scala code in maven.
https://davidb.github.io/scala-maven-plugin/
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Why have this as 'unlicensed' when scala is apache 2 and this once was? #708

Closed hazendaz closed 1 year ago

hazendaz commented 1 year ago

We can no longer procure these into our firm because of the license here. I see this was apache 2 back in 2012 then moved to unlicensed. I don't see the real motivation or why it would need to differ from scala. Guessing due to more restrictive license scala once was. But since 2018 its been apache 2. Wondering if this project can be flipped back to apache 2?

slandelle commented 1 year ago

Only the owner @davidB can answer this question.

Then, why can't your firm allow a library that's explicitly released in the public domain?

davidB commented 1 year ago

The license changed to become "public domain" (IIRC, at this time, CC-0 didn't exist, and SQLite also chose UNLICENSE). It is not planned to change the license (it requires agreement from every contributor), and if any change, I'll push to stay in "public domain" (like).

https://choosealicense.com/licenses/unlicense/