Relicense from GPL-3.0-only to MIT

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ open an issue to discuss anything large before you start on it.
 - A new crate is listed in `scripts/core-crates.txt` (platform-free) or
   `scripts/platform-crates.txt` (may use `wgpu`/`winit`).
 - New dependencies use a license allowed in [`deny.toml`](deny.toml) that
-  is compatible with GPL-3.0-only.
+  is compatible with MIT.
 - Every commit is signed off (see below).
 
 ## Be honest about what was verified
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ Changes whose commits are not all signed off can't be merged.
 
 ## License
 
-The project is licensed under GPL-3.0-only (see [`COPYING`](COPYING)), and
+The project is licensed under MIT (see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE)), and
 contributions are accepted under the same license.

Cargo.toml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ members = [
 
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2021"
-license = "GPL-3.0-only"
+license = "MIT"
 
 # Panic strategy (docs/adr/007-panic-containment.md): every profile must
 # keep the default `panic = "unwind"`. A page thread's panic is caught and

LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Protechnocrats
+
+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.

README.md

@@ -134,14 +134,8 @@ See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## License
 
-Copyright (C) 2026 Protechnocrats
+Copyright (c) 2026 Protechnocrats
 
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as published
-by the Free Software Foundation (`SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only`).
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
-or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See [`COPYING`](COPYING) for the full
-text. Bundled third-party fonts and
+Licensed under the MIT License (`SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT`); see
+[`LICENSE`](LICENSE) for the full text. Bundled third-party fonts and
 data keep their own licenses; see the license files next to them.

deny.toml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ignore = [
 [licenses]
 version = 2
 # Permissive licenses only, each compatible with the project's
-# GPL-3.0-only (see COPYING). Copyleft (GPL/AGPL/LGPL-only/MPL) is not
+# MIT license (see LICENSE). Copyleft (GPL/AGPL/LGPL-only/MPL) is not
 # allowed without an explicit, reasoned exception.
 allow = [
     "MIT",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ allow = [
 ]
 confidence-threshold = 0.9
 
-# Workspace crates are GPL-3.0-only (see COPYING) and `publish = false`,
+# Workspace crates are MIT (see LICENSE) and `publish = false`,
 # which `private` covers.
 [licenses.private]
 ignore = true

docs/adr/019-privacy-policies.md

@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
   is fuzzed (`filter_list`): lists are untrusted input.
 - **What ships:** no third-party list is bundled. A bundled list would go
   stale: lists change daily, and a copy frozen into a release blocks
-  yesterday's trackers. The licence is no longer an obstacle: EasyList and
-  EasyPrivacy are GPLv3-or-later / CC BY-SA 3.0, compatible with the
-  project's GPL-3.0-only (bundling one would keep its own licence and
-  attribution beside it). The profile loads list files
+  yesterday's trackers. The licence is a second reason: EasyList and
+  EasyPrivacy are GPLv3-or-later / CC BY-SA 3.0, copyleft terms that a
+  bundled copy would bring into the project's MIT-licensed releases; a
+  list the user downloads keeps its own licence. The profile loads list files
   from its `filters/` directory (`ads-*.txt`, `trackers-*.txt`,
   `ai-*.txt`); `app --fetch-filter-list URL` downloads one when the user
   asks. A small built-in list written for this project blocks a handful of

fuzz/Cargo.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "browser-fuzz"
 version = "0.0.0"
 publish = false
 edition = "2021"
-license = "GPL-3.0-only"
+license = "MIT"
 
 # Deliberately its own workspace (empty [workspace] table) — the
 # standard cargo-fuzz convention. Without this, Cargo would try to