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Hi there! Thanks for your past contributions to Graphite, the open source 2D graphics editor. We need your consent to add the MIT open source license to the project, so please take a few seconds to respond right now. This will make it possible to integrate Graphite code into Blender and fix some technicalities to make Graphite more usable across the Rust + open source ecosystems. What we need from you: please reply by copy-pasting this exact sentence if you agree:

I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

We are hoping for 100% of past contributors to reply with this comment. Unanimous consent is needed, so we urge you to help us out with a timely reply.

What this means: Graphite was started with one of the two popular permissive open source licenses, Apache 2.0, but (somewhat accidentally) without the other, MIT. The Rust ecosystem typically dual-licenses code under both of these similar licenses, and we're now aiming to rectify that split. This does not change the existing Apache 2.0 license, but adds MIT (used by the Godot game engine) as an additional option, which is needed for compatibility with older licenses like GPL-2 (used by Blender). This should be a noncontroversial change, but it's a technicality we legally need your consent for in order to standardize Graphite's open source licensing situation to open it up for integration by more open source projects. Thank you for your cooperation and prior involvement with the project!

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Hi there! Thanks for your past contributions to Graphite, the open source 2D graphics editor. We need your consent to add the MIT open source license to the project, so please take a few seconds to respond right now. This will make it possible to integrate Graphite code into Blender and fix some technicalities to make Graphite more usable across the Rust + open source ecosystems. What we need from you: please reply by copy-pasting this exact sentence if you agree:

I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

We are hoping for 100% of past contributors to reply with this comment. Unanimous consent is needed, so we urge you to help us out with a timely reply.

What this means: Graphite was started with one of the two popular permissive open source licenses, Apache 2.0, but (somewhat accidentally) without the other, MIT. The Rust ecosystem typically dual-licenses code under both of these similar licenses, and we're now aiming to rectify that split. This does not change the existing Apache 2.0 license, but adds MIT (used by the Godot game engine) as an additional option, which is needed for compatibility with older licenses like GPL-2 (used by Blender). This should be a noncontroversial change, but it's a technicality we legally need your consent for in order to standardize Graphite's open source licensing situation to open it up for integration by more open source projects. Thank you for your cooperation and prior involvement with the project!

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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Hi there! Thanks for your past contributions to Graphite, the open source 2D graphics editor. We need your consent to add the MIT open source license to the project, so please take a few seconds to respond right now. This will make it possible to integrate Graphite code into Blender and fix some technicalities to make Graphite more usable across the Rust + open source ecosystems. What we need from you: please reply by copy-pasting this exact sentence if you agree:

I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

We are hoping for 100% of past contributors to reply with this comment. Unanimous consent is needed, so we urge you to help us out with a timely reply.

What this means: Graphite was started with one of the two popular permissive open source licenses, Apache 2.0, but (somewhat accidentally) without the other, MIT. The Rust ecosystem typically dual-licenses code under both of these similar licenses, and we're now aiming to rectify that split. This does not change the existing Apache 2.0 license, but adds MIT (used by the Godot game engine) as an additional option, which is needed for compatibility with older licenses like GPL-2 (used by Blender). This should be a noncontroversial change, but it's a technicality we legally need your consent for in order to standardize Graphite's open source licensing situation to open it up for integration by more open source projects. Thank you for your cooperation and prior involvement with the project!

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Hi there! Thanks for your past contributions to Graphite, the open source 2D graphics editor. We need your consent to add the MIT open source license to the project, so please take a few seconds to respond right now. This will make it possible to integrate Graphite code into Blender and fix some technicalities to make Graphite more usable across the Rust + open source ecosystems. What we need from you: please reply by copy-pasting this exact sentence if you agree:

I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

We are hoping for 100% of past contributors to reply with this comment. Unanimous consent is needed, so we urge you to help us out with a timely reply.

What this means: Graphite was started with one of the two popular permissive open source licenses, Apache 2.0, but (somewhat accidentally) without the other, MIT. The Rust ecosystem typically dual-licenses code under both of these similar licenses, and we're now aiming to rectify that split. This does not change the existing Apache 2.0 license, but adds MIT (used by the Godot game engine) as an additional option, which is needed for compatibility with older licenses like GPL-2 (used by Blender). This should be a noncontroversial change, but it's a technicality we legally need your consent for in order to standardize Graphite's open source licensing situation to open it up for integration by more open source projects. Thank you for your cooperation and prior involvement with the project!

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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I license my past and future contributions to Graphite under the dual MIT/Apache-2.0 license, allowing licensees to choose either at their option.

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