Paper inherits its licensing from upstream projects. As such, Paper is licensed under the [GNU General Public License version 3](licenses/GPL.md); as it inherits it from Spigot, who in turn inherits it from the original Bukkit and Craftbukkit projects. Any author who is _not_ listed below should be presumed to have released their work under the original [GPL](licenses/GPL.md) license. In the interest of promoting a better Minecraft platform for everyone, contributors may choose to release their code under the more permissive [MIT License](licenses/MIT.md). The authors listed below have chosen to release their code under that more permissive [MIT License](licenses/MIT.md). Any contributor who wants their name added below should submit a pull request to this project to add their name. ```text Zach Brown <1254957+zachbr@users.noreply.github.com> Daniel Ennis <aikar@aikar.co> Riley Park <rileysebastianpark@gmail.com> Black Hole <black-hole@live.com> Mark Vainomaa <mikroskeem@mikroskeem.eu> Mystiflow <mystiflow@gmail.com> Shane Freeder <theboyetronic@gmail.com> Gabscap <git@gabscap.de> Jadon Fowler <jadonflower@gmail.com> chickeneer <emcchickeneer@gmail.com> Minecrell <minecrell@minecrell.net> Techcable <Techcable@outlook.com> BillyGalbreath <blake.galbreath@gmail.com> MiniDigger | Martin <admin@minidigger.dev> Brokkonaut <hannos17@gmx.de> vemacs <d@nkmem.es> stonar96 <minecraft.stonar96@gmail.com> Hugo Manrique <hugmanrique@gmail.com> willies952002 <admin@domnian.com> MicleBrick <miclebrick@outlook.com> Trigary <trigary0@gmail.com> rickyboy320 <rickw320@hotmail.com> DoNotSpamPls <7570108+DoNotSpamPls@users.noreply.github.com> Josh Roy <10731363+JRoy@users.noreply.github.com> ysl3000 <yannicklamprecht@live.de> Machine_Maker <machine@machinemaker.me> Ivan Pekov <ivan@mrivanplays.com> Camotoy <20743703+Camotoy@users.noreply.github.com> Bjarne Koll <git@lynxplay.dev> MeFisto94 <MeFisto94@users.noreply.github.com> Owen1212055 <23108066+Owen1212055@users.noreply.github.com> LemonCaramel <admin@caramel.moe> Noah van der Aa <ndvdaa@gmail.com> Doc <nachito94@msn.com> Nick Hensel <nickhensel25@icloud.com> vytskalt <vytskalt@protonmail.com> TheFruxz <cedricspitzer@outlook.de> Kieran Wallbanks <kieran.wallbanks@gmail.com> ```