chore: relicense project under GPLv3 - #401
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Replace the MIT license with the GNU General Public License v3.0 (SPDX: GPL-3.0-only). Files touched: LICENSE README.md rust/Cargo.toml test/web/smoke/package.json Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AeaT3mK6fazbUn9kcTrKxL
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WalkthroughThe project changes its license from MIT to GPLv3. The repository license file, README references, Rust crate metadata, and smoke-test package metadata now use GPLv3 identifiers. ChangesGPLv3 License Alignment
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The project now declares GPLv3, but app-store metadata and the in-app license display still present MIT terms. This can mislead users about applicable licensing and should be aligned before release. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 636: Update the first-party license declarations to match the README’s
GNU General Public License v3.0: change the license value in zapstore.yaml and
replace the _mitLicenseText display in about_screen.dart with the GPLv3 license
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Update all first-party license surfaces.
zapstore.yaml still declares license: MIT, and lib/features/about/screens/about_screen.dart still displays _mitLicenseText. The README now advertises GPLv3, so users and store metadata receive conflicting terms. Update those first-party surfaces before merging. Keep the vendored web/coi-serviceworker.LICENSE path unchanged.
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In `@README.md` at line 636, Update the first-party license declarations to match
the README’s GNU General Public License v3.0: change the license value in
zapstore.yaml and replace the _mitLicenseText display in about_screen.dart with
the GPLv3 license text. Leave the vendored web/coi-serviceworker.LICENSE path
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When a user opens About → License in any locale, lib/l10n/app_*.arb still labels the app as MIT and _showLicenseDialog still renders the hard-coded _mitLicenseText, so installed builds grant users permissions that conflict with the newly declared GPLv3-only terms. Update the localized license labels and displayed license content as part of this relicensing change.
AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L47-L47
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For releases indexed from zapstore.yaml, the description at line 15 and machine-readable license field at line 28 still advertise MIT. This leaves the app-store metadata granting a permissive license while the repository and package metadata declare GPLv3-only, so both Zapstore fields need to be updated in the same relicensing change.
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| "description": "Headless-Chrome smoke test for the release web bundle (issue #154).", | ||
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The root package entry in test/web/smoke/package-lock.json still contains "license": "MIT" at line 10, leaving the two npm manifests inconsistent and causing lockfile-based inventory or license tooling to report the old license. Regenerating the lockfile after this package.json change updates that root entry to GPL-3.0-only without changing the dependency graph.
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Relicenses this project from MIT to the GNU General Public License v3.0 (SPDX
GPL-3.0-only), as part of an org-wide relicensing of every MostroP2P repository.Changes
LICENSEREADME.mdrust/Cargo.tomltest/web/smoke/package.jsonLICENSEnow holds the verbatim GPLv3 text from https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt (674 lines).The README license section (and badge, where present) points at GPLv3. Where the README had no license section, one was added.
Package metadata (
Cargo.toml/package.json) declaresGPL-3.0-onlyso the license is machine-readable; the field was added where it was previously absent.Notes for reviewers
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