The latest version of jQuery was released today and I noticed a license
change when poking around in the source file. jQuery 1.7.2 and earlier were
dual-licensed under a GPLv2 and MIT but 1.8 was released just under an MIT
license.
Source for 1.8: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.0.js
Source for 1.7: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.js
What are your thoughts for them doing this? Is this not really a big deal
removing the GPL since it was already dual licensed as MIT from the start?
Maybe they thought dual licensing was overkill because if someone didn't want
to contribute back they would always opt for the MIT.
The tricky thing about the MIT license is that it is very vague. Is it X11 or
is it Expat? At least with other licenses they are more defined but MIT
license is still very popular for being so indecisive.
