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Can MIT license be used instead of GPL? #69

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sharkov63 opened this issue Jul 13, 2023 · 6 comments
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Can MIT license be used instead of GPL? #69

sharkov63 opened this issue Jul 13, 2023 · 6 comments

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@sharkov63
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GPL is too strict of a license for some purposes: many companies disallow using any GPL open-source libraries. I would like to create in the future a derived project, and I would like to use MIT license for it. But GPL does not allow to do such thing (I would have to use GPL). Is there any possibility for xkb-switch to switch to a less strict license?

@sergei-mironov
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I see no reasons to stick to GPL any more in this project, so I can update the license. @sharkov63 is it still interesting for you?

@sharkov63
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I see no reasons to stick to GPL any more in this project, so I can update the license. @sharkov63 is it still interesting for you?

Yes very much, it would be great if you update to MIT 👍🏻

@sergei-mironov
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Should be changed now, please check.

@sharkov63
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Thank you! Although as a nitpick, there is still GPL heading text in all sources and headers, for example https://github.com/grwlf/xkb-switch/blob/f829234e8cb99d5225406067df7dd85581c84f21/src/XKbSwitchApi.cpp#L7-L10 I think we can remove it

@sergei-mironov
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Done, thanks.

@sharkov63
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Thank you very much! 👍🏻

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