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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2026 20:08:47 JST SuperDicq

   Update:
   
   I have spoken with the maintainer of said library.
   
   Their intention was not to make the software nonfree source-available. They just didn't have a clue what they were doing and edited the language used in the license file incorrectly.
   
   Turns out they were transitioning into a company and their intention with their new license was to ensure that all external contributions assigned their copyright to them.
   
   So in order to help them I suggested to them that they should revert the license back to the original MIT/Expat license text and add a Contributor License Agreement instead.
   
   And they accepted the proposal!
   
   I am personally not a fan of CLAs, but if companies want to go this way, it is a good middle-ground to make sure that at least the software itself now remains free as in freedom, all thanks to me.
   
   RE: https://minidisc.tokyo/notes/ah99i130mb

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2026 22:04:58 JST 翠星石

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     • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
     @mangeurdenuage @SuperDicq *LGPLv3-or-later
     
     Generally businesses that sometimes license MIT expat don't want to use a license that requires the program be distributed as free software.
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     mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius: (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2026 22:04:59 JST mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:

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     @SuperDicq Good news. Couldn't they go with LGPLv3 ?