Change of LICENSE from GPL to Apache

[ekiefl]

Hi @chaochaodev, @edoson, @kerby2000, and @zhaodong-wang

I'm proposing to change pooltool's license from GPLv3 to Apache 2.0. Apache 2.0 is a popular and more permissive license than GPLv3, allowing greater flexibility in how pooltool can be used and incorporated into other projects.

Important: As contributors to pooltool, your agreement is needed for this change.

Please reply to this PR with:

"I approve" if you agree with the license change.
Your concerns if you have any objections.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Additionally, thanks for your past and hopefully future contributions to pooltool!

[zhaodong-wang]

Thanks for the updates! I approve this change

[ekiefl]

Anyone else? @chaochaodev, @edoson, @kerby2000

[chaochaodev]

I approve! Thank you! Evan Kiefl ***@***.***> 于2024年4月29日周一 12:19写道：

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Hi @chaochaodev <https://github.com/chaochaodev>, @edoson <https://github.com/edoson>, @kerby2000 <https://github.com/kerby2000>, and @zhaodong-wang <https://github.com/zhaodong-wang> I'm proposing to change pooltool's license from GPLv3 to Apache 2.0. Apache 2.0 is a popular and more permissive license than GPLv3, allowing greater flexibility in how pooltool can be used and incorporated into other projects. *Important*: As contributors to pooltool, your agreement is needed for this change. Please reply to this PR with: *"I approve"* if you agree with the license change. *Your concerns* if you have any objections. Thank you for your time and consideration. Additionally, thanks for your past and hopefully future contributions to pooltool! ------------------------------ You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at: #123 Commit Summary - 3ec13d1 <3ec13d1> GPLv3 -> Apache 2.0 File Changes (1 file <https://github.com/ekiefl/pooltool/pull/123/files>) - *M* LICENSE.txt <https://github.com/ekiefl/pooltool/pull/123/files#diff-d0ed4cc3fb70489fe51c7e0ac180cba2a7472124f9f9e9ae67b01a37fbd580b7> (822) Patch Links: - https://github.com/ekiefl/pooltool/pull/123.patch - https://github.com/ekiefl/pooltool/pull/123.diff — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#123>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AF6PVVCBXVD5WWEZZJEVSMLY7XC4LAVCNFSM6AAAAABG5S7ZUOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGI3DQMBYHAZDONI> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[kerby2000]

I approve.

[ekiefl]

The only contributor who hasn't agreed (or disagreed) is @edoson. Though I was hopeful to get everyone's formal approval, I think we're good to move forward regardless.

@edoson has contributed a small amount to the codebase (784c9dc and 9f1f3bc), but his code was reimplemented by me in the pull request that his commits belonged to (#55), such that as it stands today, there are no lines attributed to him in the git blame of the main branch. In this sense whatever @edoson contributed was re-implemented by me.

Thanks for everyone's cooperation, and I hope you all contribute to pooltool in the future.

[ekiefl]

Hello again. I am compiling metadata for the project and would like to include all the contributors as authors, if they are interested.

The section I am filling out is for the package manager poetry (section here) and requires authors to have a name and email.

If you are interested in being included in poetry's author metadata, please respond with your name and email. Thanks.