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@jakubfiala jakubfiala released this 23 Mar 22:55
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v4.0.1
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This release changes the license to MIT. I was a silly 22-year-old when I initially released Atrament, licensing it under Phil Sturgeon's DBAD License because I found it funny. I did not anticipate that, years later, Atrament would have 1.4k stars and be used by over 100 projects just publicly listed on GitHub, and potentially many more.

While I still like the DBAD License and find it funny, I don't think it's the best idea for a serious OSS project's license to include that sort of language. I don't particularly want Atrament's users to buy me pints, even though I do like beer a lot. It would also exclude all the other wonderful people who contributed to the library over the years.

I chose the MIT License because:

  1. in terms of real world consequences, it's not really very different from DBAD
  2. it is the most common OSS license and I think it's fine

While I think license changes should normally result in a major version upgrade (some people even suggest publishing a new package), I find this to be a negligible change for even the most legally restrictive organisations, and could not justify a major bump, so I'm simply doing this as a patch. I'd be happy to address any concerns raised via GitHub issues.

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