{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mycelium-com/wallet/issues/164","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mycelium-com/wallet/issues/164/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mycelium-com/wallet/issues/164/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mycelium-com/wallet/issues/164/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mycelium-com/wallet/issues/164","id":69991336,"number":164,"title":"Use a proper Free Software License to safeguard Mycelium's future","user":{"login":"dllud","id":1716156,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1716156?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud","html_url":"https://github.com/dllud","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dllud/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2015-04-22T01:08:06Z","updated_at":"2015-06-04T22:12:08Z","closed_at":"2015-06-03T14:09:15Z","body":"As explained by @apetersson on #4, the Microsoft Reference Source License (MS-RSL) used by Mycelium does not provide [Stallman's freedom number 3](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html):\r\n> The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others.\r\n\r\nI believe the current license is detrimental to Mycelium's future:\r\n1. It prohibits use of the code in forks, which means there will be no downstream projects contributing to Mycelium's code base. Worse, it also means that if/when the current copyright holders stop development no one will be able to fork and continue the project.\r\n2. It discourages contributions from independent developers.\r\n3. It makes Mycelium lag behind virtually all other Bitcoin wallets.\r\n4. It prevents Mycelium from being distributed on F-Droid.\r\n\r\nI can see no reason why Mycelium needs to use MS-RSL. If development efforts continue at the current pace no fork will take you over.\r\n\r\nMycelium should thus switch to a license such as Apache or GPL (if you want to make sure the community gives back)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mycelium-com/wallet/issues/comments/109070312","html_url":"https://github.com/mycelium-com/wallet/issues/164#issuecomment-109070312","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mycelium-com/wallet/issues/164","id":109070312,"user":{"login":"algazarra","id":7598320,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7598320?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra","html_url":"https://github.com/algazarra","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/algazarra/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-06-04T22:12:08Z","updated_at":"2015-06-04T22:12:08Z","body":"Why closing the issue if the decision wasn't taken yet? The issue persists. Leave it open."}}