Published September 19, 2026 ยท Added September 21, 2026

Fresh relicenses from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0-or-later and drops code from silent contributors

The Fresh terminal editor merged a move from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0-or-later, saying Apache-2.0 dependencies were incompatible with GPL-2.0 and that GPL-2.0 has no or-later clause. Because 5 of 41 contributors had not replied to the consent request, their code was removed rather than blocking the change, and the maintainer said the removal is reversible for anyone who responds later.

The Fresh terminal editor merged a move from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0-or-later, saying Apache-2.0 dependencies were incompatible with GPL-2.0 and that GPL-2.0 has no or-later clause. Because 5 of 41 contributors had not replied to the consent request, their code was removed rather than blocking the change, and the maintainer said the removal is reversible for anyone who responds later.

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