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apaxy is switching to GPLv3 licence #148

Closed oupala closed 3 years ago

oupala commented 3 years ago

As exposed in issue #143, the licence of the icon set was not clearly mentionned in apaxy.

As the Faenza icon set has been released under GPLv3 licence, it appears that apaxy has to adopt the same licence.

We're then switching from Unlicence licence to GPLv3 licence.

Feel free to comment this issue if you have anything to add to the discussion thread.

oupala commented 3 years ago

It seems to be a good thing to switch to GPLv3 licence:

What is wrong with the Unlicense?

  • It's not global. It doesn't make sense outside of a commonwealth ecosystem, is explicitly illegal in some places (Germany), and of unclear legality in others (Australia)
  • It's inconsistent. Some of the warranty terms cannot, logically, co-exist, given the current legal ecosystem, as written, with the licensing terms.
  • Its applicability is unpredictable. The license is short, clearly expressing intent, at the cost of not carefully addressing common license, copy-right and warranty issues. It leaves a lot of leeway interpretation - meaning that, in the US, it will take a few trials before you can reliably know when the license is applicable, and how.