Hi Zoltán, Thanks for the feedback. You're right - I'll hold off on the 7.x upgrade due to the ongoing license controversy.
Background: The 7.0.0+ versions were rewritten by maintainer Dan Blanchard using Claude AI. He claims it's an independent work not derived from GPL/LGPL code, justifying the MIT license change. However, the original author Mark Pilgrim objected on March 5th (https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327), arguing that AI-assisted rewrites still reference the original LGPL code and should remain under LGPL. Current Status: Based on Dan Blanchard's final comment (https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327#issuecomment-4017410801), this license dispute is unlikely to be resolved soon. He locked the discussion without changing his position. Solution: I've submitted a new patch upgrading to 6.0.0.post1 instead - the latest version without license controversy. This maintains LGPL-2.1-only and avoids potential compliance risks. Thanks, Jiaying. -----Original Message----- From: Böszörményi Zoltán <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 8:12 PM To: Song, Jiaying (CN) <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] python3-chardet: upgrade 5.2.0 -> 7.0.1 CAUTION: This email comes from a non Wind River email account! Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. 2026. 03. 05. 8:42 keltezéssel, Song, Jiaying (CN) via lists.openembedded.org írta: > From: Jiaying Song <[email protected]> > > Major version upgrade with significant improvements: > - License changed from LGPL-2.1-only to MIT Please hold off on this until the license controversy is resolved.
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