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Mixed up & confusing licensing #364

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ssddanbrown opened this issue Sep 29, 2024 · 0 comments
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Mixed up & confusing licensing #364

ssddanbrown opened this issue Sep 29, 2024 · 0 comments

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Hi, Just came across the project and trying to understand the licensing but the license of the code and application as a whole is somewhat confusing with different licenses indicated:

  • The readme states the project us under the Apache 2.0 licence, and says to look at the LICENSE file for more details.
  • The LICENSE file predominantly talks about a non-open-source enterprise license, but then indicates that software distributed as Pear's free software is under the MIT Expat.
    • From looking at the repo how do I know what's "distributed as part of Pear's free software"
  • But then it also states that "The full text of this EE License shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software." which indicates that most of this is EE licensed since there'd be no reason for that for just the MIT code?

From an end user perspective, I guess this boils down to:

  • How do I know what license code within the repo is provided under?
  • Is the free download on your site provided wholly under a license widely considered open source? (MIT or Apache rather than the Enterprise license)

I'd usually raise this as a discussion but I've raised as an issue specifically due to the discrepancy between MIT and Apache in the readme/license.

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