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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe repository replaces its MIT license with the complete GNU Affero General Public License, version 3, dated 19 November 2007. ChangesLicense Standardization
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The proposed AGPLv3 license text has noncanonical wording that creates legal ambiguity. Restore the official text before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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- Line 69: Restore the unmodified canonical GNU AGPLv3 text in the LICENSE file,
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Use the unmodified canonical AGPLv3 text.
This file changes recipients to receivers in multiple clauses. The official GNU AGPLv3 text uses recipients in these locations. (gnu.org) Because the license states that verbatim copies must not be changed, restore the canonical wording before merging.
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- "Licensees" and "receivers" may be individuals or organizations.
+ "Licensees" and "recipients" may be individuals or organizations.
- give all receivers a copy of this License along with the Program.
+ give all recipients a copy of this License along with the Program.
- You need not require receivers to copy the Corresponding Source
+ You need not require recipients to copy the Corresponding Source
- transferred to the receiver in perpetuity or for a fixed term
+ transferred to the recipient in perpetuity or for a fixed term
- modified or installed by the receiver
+ modified or installed by the recipient
- the receiver automatically receives a license
+ the recipient automatically receives a license
- your receiver's use of the covered work
+ your recipient's use of the covered work
- automatically extended to all receivers
+ automatically extended to all recipientsAlso applies to: 191-191, 267-267, 310-310, 318-318, 438-438, 495-495, 506-506
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In `@LICENSE` at line 69, Restore the unmodified canonical GNU AGPLv3 text in the
LICENSE file, replacing every changed “receivers” occurrence with the official
“recipients” wording, including the referenced clauses. Preserve all other
canonical license text unchanged.
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| "recipients" may be individuals or organizations. |
| keep intact all notices stating that this License and any | ||
| non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code; | ||
| keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all | ||
| receivers a copy of this License along with the Program. |
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| recipients a copy of this License along with the Program. |
| d) Convey the object code by offering access from a designated | ||
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| it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published | |
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please made the license related changes in the pyproject.toml file also. like this:
license = "AGPL-3.0"
license-files = ["LICENSE"]
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and then verify that the metadata is being built correctly.
python -m build
python -c "
from importlib.metadata import metadata
print(metadata('your-api')['License-Expression'])"
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And update the README.md file also.
## License
This project is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.0 or later — see LICENSE.
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also, we need to make the changes in the FastAPI initialize section.
like this:
app = FastAPI(
title="Kaapi Backend",
description=(
"Licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later. "
"Source code: https://github.com/ProjectTech4DevAI/kaapi-backend/"
),
)
@app.get("/source", include_in_schema=True)
def source_offer():
"""AGPLv3 §13 source offer."""
return RedirectResponse("https://github.com/ProjectTech4DevAI/kaapi-backend")
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i have also updated the PR description a bit to provide clear context. |
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@Prajna1999 please check these above comments, and made the changes in all required repository. |
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