PaperMC/LICENSE.md
Zach Brown bde15f9781
[CI-SKIP] Clarify project licensing
* THIS IS NOT A RELICENSE *

This commit adds explicit clarification as to the state of this
project's licensing as it has always been. Nothing has changed here.

It also adds a note about how specific authors have chosen to release
their work under a more permissive license. Any past contributors who
want their name added to this list should submit a pull request here.

We will not be adding anyone's names to this list ourselves.
2018-03-06 20:41:03 -05:00

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Paper inherits its licensing from upstream projects.

As such, Paper is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3; 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 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.

The authors listed below have chosen to release their code under that more permissive MIT License. Any contributor who wants their name added below should submit a pull request to this project to add their name.

Zach Brown <zach.brown@destroystokyo.com>