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Relicense under the MIT license #1169
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The Academic Free License is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines; relicensing under the MIT license will allow Planemo to be packaged by Debian.
Ping @nturaga @shiltemann @mr-c @lorrainealisha75 : can you please approve this pull request if you agree with the license change? |
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Ideally we would get every single contributor to agree, although if there is a minimum threshold is perhaps open to debate?
@peterjc Once we get approval from the more frequent contributors, I'll ping more people from https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/graphs/contributors . |
@mr-c Can you formally approve please? You have contributed a couple of commits some time ago. |
+1 from end. |
Ping @abretaud @kellrott @malloryfreeberg @AndreasSko : can you please approve this pull request if you agree with the license change? |
Thanks all for the approvals, I think we have all substantial contributors on board. 🎉 @jmchilton Are you OK to merge? |
Thanks for leading the charge @nsoranzo - I really appreciate your efforts here. |
The Academic Free License is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines; relicensing under the MIT license will allow Planemo to be packaged by Debian.
See also https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#AcademicFreeLicense