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XML file license requirements

The wayland-protocols repository COPYING file contains the MIT license: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

The governance document makes no mention of license of XML files, it only requires open-source implementations and defines what "open-source" is license-wise.

The XML files vary:

  • pointer_gestures_unstable_v1 is missing the license
  • text_input_unstable_v3 has some "old" variant
  • ext_session_lock_v1 uses ISC license: https://opensource.org/licenses/ISC
  • every other XML file uses MIT license

There are new proposals using ISC license.

I don't see much difference between MIT and ISC, but IANAL.

Should wayland-protocols strictly standardize on a single specific license (MIT), or is there a reason to allow variations? What kind of variations should be allowed?

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