Relicensing Sparkle to something more permissive?

PPPDUD commented

2026-04-04 08:10:38 -05:00

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For people who want to fork Sparkle for personal or business use, a strong copyleft license like the GPLv3 could prove quite cumbersome. @e016 @codingisfun2831t @Bubgamer07 What do you think about relicensing to one of the Apache, MIT, or BSD licenses?

codingisfun2831t commented

2026-04-04 10:26:27 -05:00

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Yeah, MIT sounds good. I originally chose GPLv3 as it was the same license as Snap!

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PPPDUD commented

2026-04-04 11:14:12 -05:00

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Yeah, MIT sounds good. I originally chose GPLv3 as it was the same license as Snap!

Hold on, isn't Snap! AGPLv3?

> Yeah, MIT sounds good. I originally chose GPLv3 as it was the same license as Snap! Hold on, isn't Snap! _AGPLv3_?

codingisfun2831t commented

2026-04-04 11:36:36 -05:00

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Oh right. Still, similar!

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PPPDUD commented

2026-04-09 10:11:08 -05:00

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@e016 @Bubgamer07 Still waiting on your input here...

e016 commented

2026-04-09 10:19:32 -05:00

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I don't care too much about the license as long as it lets people fork your work without hassle. I usually use a GPL license; although it's up to you!

PPPDUD commented

2026-04-09 10:22:43 -05:00

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I don't care too much about the license as long as it lets people fork your work without hassle. I usually use a GPL license; although it's up to you!

That's convenient, actually, because the MIT license is way friendlier to forking than the GPL ever was!

@Bubgamer07 Just waiting on you and we can go through with this.

> I don't care too much about the license as long as it lets people fork your work without hassle. I usually use a GPL license; although it's up to you! That's convenient, actually, because the MIT license is way friendlier to forking than the GPL ever was! @Bubgamer07 Just waiting on you and we can go through with this.

PPPDUD commented

2026-04-09 10:24:02 -05:00

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Hold on... @Bubgamer07's only contribution is to the API.md page. Let me see if I can rewrite the affected sections to effectively remove their copyright control over that document.

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