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Dual license as Apache v2 and MIT #2018
Description
Describe the feature
Distribute the C++ SDK under two liberal licenses.
Use Case
s3fs is licensed as a GPLv2 or later program. GPLv2 is not compatible with Apache v2 and thus the license effectively upgrades to GPLv3 or later.
Proposed Solution
Dual license the SDK like Rust does:
https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/licenses
Other Information
Some discussion about Apache and GPL licenses:
https://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
Further StackOverflow discussion which states and incompatibility with GPLv2:
Acknowledgements
- I may be able to implement this feature request
- This feature might incur a breaking change
Activity
jmklix commentedon Aug 2, 2022
Thanks for this suggestion, we are looking into this. I will make sure to include any updates here.
rvansa commentedon Sep 16, 2025
Hello, has there been any conclusion from the considerations?
kai-ion commentedon Sep 23, 2026
Converting this to a Discussion. It's an improvements we plan to pursue over time rather than one actionable change with a near-term milestone, so a Discussion better fits collecting the specifics and design input.