Solus published an update on its relicensing project, saying it has sent the first emails to contributors who have not yet consented to moving the getsolus/packages repository to the Mozilla Public License 2.0. The project says the package recipes currently lack clear licensing terms, which casts doubt on whether they are actually open source and blocks sharing recipes with aerynOS, so contributors are asked to reply to the email or comment on the GitHub issue agreeing to license all previous contributions under MPL-2.0, with the message to be re-sent in 30 days if unanswered. Solus chose MPL-2.0 because it combines file-level copyleft with permissiveness and because aerynOS already uses it, and it plans to convert its recipes to the aerynOS format so the two projects can share packaging work.
Solus starts emailing past contributors for MPL-2.0 relicensing consent
Solus published an update on its relicensing project, saying it has sent the first emails to contributors who have not yet consented to moving the getsolus/packages repository to the Mozilla Public License 2.0. The project says the package recipes currently lack clear licensing terms, which casts doubt on whether they are actually open source and blocks sharing recipes with aerynOS, so contributors are asked to reply to the email or comment on the GitHub issue agreeing to license all previous contributions under MPL-2.0, with the message to be re-sent in 30 days if unanswered. Solus chose MPL-2.0 because it combines file-level copyleft with permissiveness and because aerynOS already uses it, and it plans to convert its recipes to the aerynOS format so the two projects can share packaging work.
Source: Getsol