Proposal to Relicense Theia Blueprint to MIT: Seeking Approvals

planger commented 1 year ago

👋 Hey all,

In our last Theia Dev call, we reached a consensus on considering a change of license for the Theia Blueprint project. We're thinking of moving from EPL 2.0 (or GNU General Public License with classpath exception) to MIT. As Theia Blueprint is meant to be an example as well as a template for adopters, the aim is to clear up any gray areas around the reuse and modification of the Blueprint code in proprietary projects.

This should make it easier for everyone to adopt and modify Blueprint without worrying over the current licensing complexities. Note that this is only about the code contained in this repository (Theia Blueprint), not Theia in general.

What We Need

To officially make this change, we need a thumbs-up ("+1") from a representative of every copyright holder who has contributed to Theia Blueprint.

Please reply to this issue with a +1 if you're on board with this license change.

If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to comment on this issue or reach out to us directly.

Thanks for your cooperation! 🙏

More information

List of contributors

[x] @thegecko
[x] EclipseSource (@jfaltermeier, @lucas-koehler, @AlexandraBuzila, @JonasHelming, @tortmayr)
[x] Ericsson (@marcdumais-work, @vince-fugnitto, @paul-marechal)
[x] @danepowell
[x] STMicroelectronics (@Niklas-Dahlquist, @ErikMallbergSTM)
[x] @Atharva321
[x] @duncdrum
[x] TypeFox (@msujew)
[x] @DucNgn