A contributor opened a proposal asking the maintainer of the Python async-stream library aiostream to move it from GPL-3.0 to MIT, arguing that the strong copyleft license leads commercial and SaaS teams to treat the dependency as prohibited or requiring legal review even though GPL-3.0 permits commercial use. The issue frames permissive relicensing as a way to widen adoption; no maintainer decision has been recorded.
aiostream maintainer asked to relicense from GPL-3.0 to MIT
A contributor opened a proposal asking the maintainer of the Python async-stream library aiostream to move it from GPL-3.0 to MIT, arguing that the strong copyleft license leads commercial and SaaS teams to treat the dependency as prohibited or requiring legal review even though GPL-3.0 permits commercial use. The issue frames permissive relicensing as a way to widen adoption; no maintainer decision has been recorded.
Source: Github