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Forgejo is now copyleft, just like Git (forgejo.org)

submitted 4 months ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Forgejo is changing its license to a Copyleft license. This blog post will try to bring clarity about the impact to you, explain the motivation behind this change and answer some questions you might have.

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Developers who choose to publish their work under a copyleft license are excluded from participating in software that is published under a permissive license. That is at the opposite of the core values of the Forgejo project and in June 2023 it was decided to also accept copylefted contributions. A year later, in August 2024, the first pull request to take advantage of this opportunity was proposed and merged.

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Forgejo versions starting from v9.0 are now released under the GPL v3+ and earlier Forgejo versions, including v8.0 and v7.0 patch releases remain under the MIT license.

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[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

I really need to migrate my shit from github.

[-] scrooge101@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 months ago

I recently migrated from Github to Codeberg and it was super easy. You can also backup your code automatically from Codeberg to Github just in case.

[-] ampersandcastles@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Same. Couldn't be happier about leaving GitHub.

[-] Comexs@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ever since I read this Article I have been wanting to delete my GitHub account and migrate over to another platform. I would give a summary but I'm incapable of doing so.

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