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No right to relicense this project

🚀 Licensing Showdown: The chardet project on GitHub has sparked a heated debate due to its restrictive licensing terms, which prohibit relicensing, and has garnered significant attention with 257 points and 161 comments on GitHub and Hacker News. This licensing issue has substantial practical value as it affects the project's collaboration and adaptation potential, limiting its use in certain contexts.

1:05 pm, March 5, 2026

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47259177

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https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327

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robin_reala

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title: No right to relicense this project
additional: 🚀 Licensing Showdown: The chardet project on GitHub has sparked a heated debate due to its restrictive licensing terms, which prohibit relicensing, and has garnered significant attention with 257 points and 161 comments on GitHub and Hacker News. This licensing issue has substantial practical value as it affects the project's collaboration and adaptation potential, limiting its use in certain contexts.
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source_url: https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327
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