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… code Releases up to and including 2.5.3 stay under MIT. LICENSES/MIT.txt keeps that notice verbatim and every package installs it next to the GPL text.
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Moves the project from MIT to GPL-3.0-or-later, starting with the next release.
LICENSEis now the unmodified GPL-3.0 text from gnu.org.LICENSES/MIT.txt. Releases up to and including 2.5.3 stay under MIT, and code from them keeps that notice. Every package installs it next to the GPL text: qmake install rules (Arch, Debian, RPM), the Flatpak manifest, andverify-package-contents.shnow requires it.GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT AND BSD-2-Clausein the AppStream metainfo and RPM spec, the same three in the PKGBUILD andpackage.nix,GPL-3+ and MITindebian/copyright..github/FUNDING.ymladds the GitHub Sponsors button. GitHub shows it once the file reachesproduction.Checked locally:
appstreamcli validate --pedanticpasses,rpmspecreads the new license,check-release-contract.shpasses,make installputs all three license files in place, andnix evalofmeta.licensegivesGPL-3.0-or-later,MIT,BSD-2-Clause.