chore: relicense project under GPLv3 - #171
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Replace the MIT license with the GNU General Public License v3.0 (SPDX: GPL-3.0-only). Files touched: Cargo.toml LICENSE README.md Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AeaT3mK6fazbUn9kcTrKxL
WalkthroughThe project license changed from MIT to GPLv3. Package metadata, the full license text, the README badge, and the README license section were updated. ChangesLicense transition
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change relabels the project and package as GPLv3-only. It should not merge until relevant copyright-holder authorization is recorded, because an unauthorized relicensing could misstate the terms governing contributed code. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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For any pre-existing contribution whose copyright was not assigned to the project, the MIT grant permits GPLv3 redistribution only while retaining its copyright and permission notice; the parent LICENSE explicitly required that notice in all copies or substantial portions. Repository history contains substantial source contributions from multiple authors, but this replacement removes the notice entirely, so distributing the relicensed project can violate those contributors' inbound MIT terms unless separate relicensing consent exists. Keep the GPL text while preserving the prior MIT notice in a NOTICE or equivalent file.
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In `@Cargo.toml`:
- Line 6: Before merging, obtain relicensing authorization from all relevant
copyright holders for the GPL-3.0-only change and record that approval in the
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#!/bin/bash
printf '%s\n' '--- diff ---'
git diff -- Cargo.toml LICENSE README.md
printf '%s\n' '--- Cargo.toml ---'
cat -n Cargo.toml | sed -n '1,35p'
printf '%s\n' '--- license files and references ---'
find . -maxdepth 2 -type f \( -iname '*license*' -o -iname '*copying*' -o -iname '*contribut*' \) -print
rg -n -i 'GPL|license|copyright|contribut|relicens' README.md Cargo.toml LICENSE* CONTRIBUTING* .github 2>/dev/null | head -200
printf '%s\n' '--- repository metadata ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- recent commits and authors ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- copyright and contribution policy files ---'
git ls-files | rg -i '(^|/)(contributing|code.of.conduct|license|copying|notice|authors|copyright)(\.|$)|copyright|licen[cs]'
printf '%s\n' '--- project identity and license context ---'
sed -n '1,15p' README.md
sed -n '208,224p' README.md
sed -n '1,12p' LICENSE
printf '%s\n' '--- package history for the cited field ---'
git log -8 -p -- Cargo.toml | sed -n '/^commit /,/^commit /p' | head -180Repository: MostroP2P/mostrix
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Obtain relicensing approval before merge.
Cargo.toml now declares GPL-3.0-only, while the project was previously MIT-licensed and has substantial contributions from authors other than Francisco Calderón. The repository contains no relicensing approval record. Obtain and record authorization from the relevant copyright holders before merging; otherwise the metadata and LICENSE can assert GPLv3-only terms for code not authorized under those terms.
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In `@Cargo.toml` at line 6, Before merging, obtain relicensing authorization from
all relevant copyright holders for the GPL-3.0-only change and record that
approval in the repository; otherwise restore the project’s prior MIT licensing
metadata and matching LICENSE terms.
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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
Cargo.tomlLICENSEREADME.mdLICENSEnow 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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