Merge pull request #463 from tidymodels/gpl-to-mit

juliasilge · web-flow · commit b79ff6def00d · 2021-04-07T08:43:06.000-06:00
Re-license to MIT
diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ derby.log
 ^CODE_OF_CONDUCT\.md$
 ^README\.html$
 ^codecov\.yml$
+^LICENSE\.md$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Authors@R: c(
 Maintainer: Max Kuhn <max@rstudio.com>
 URL: https://parsnip.tidymodels.org, https://github.com/tidymodels/parsnip
 BugReports: https://github.com/tidymodels/parsnip/issues
-License: GPL-2
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 ByteCompile: true
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+YEAR: 2021
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER: parsnip authors
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 parsnip authors
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 * New model specification `proportional_hazards()` for the `"censored regression"` mode (#451).
 
+* Re-licensed package from GPL-2 to MIT. See [consent from copyright holders here](https://github.com/tidymodels/parsnip/issues/462).
+
 # parsnip 0.1.5
 
 * An RStudio add-in is available that makes writing multiple `parsnip` model specifications to the source window. It can be accessed via the IDE addin menus or by calling `parsnip_addin()`.

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