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fxbois / web-mode

web template editing mode for emacs
https://web-mode.org
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Upgrade license to GPLv3 #1220

Closed skangas closed 2 years ago

skangas commented 2 years ago

Please consider upgrading the license to GPLv3.

Reasons why: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-07/msg01069.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html

In a previous discussion, it was observed that the license was previously specified as "GNU General Public License >= 2": https://github.com/fxbois/web-mode/issues/909

I would say this is clearly in the spirit of "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version", so this upgrade should be unproblematic.

Thanks!

fxbois commented 2 years ago

I am ok with the change on the LICENSE file. But for the change on web-mode.el, I would prefer to reduce verbosity. You can change like this if you think it is a good idea ;; License: GNU General Public License >= 3 (see. LICENSE)

skangas commented 2 years ago

I believe without that boiler-plate, the legal protection is not as likely to hold up in court, should there ever be a license violation. (I use elide-head to never see that boiler-plate, myself.)

But I have updated the patch according to your wishes, I hope it looks okay. Thanks!

fxbois commented 2 years ago

thx