About the licenses used in the Maeser project

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About the licenses used in the Maeser project#

This is a guide for what licenses are used where and should continue to be used for new code contributions. If a directory or file type is not explicitly listed, find the most similar item listed.

The `maeser` package (`maeser/` directory)#

File or directory	Type of file(s)	Current license	Acceptable licenses for new files in the same family
`maeser/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`maeser/graphs/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`maeser/controllers/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`maeser/controllers/common/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`maeser/chat/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`maeser/data/static/bootstrap-icons/*`	Bootstrap icon package	MIT	MIT, CC0
`maeser/data/static/*.js`	JavaScript source	LGPL v3+	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`maeser/data/static/styles.css`	Cascading Style Sheets source	LGPL v3+	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`maeser/data/static/normalize.css`	Cascading Style Sheets source	CC0	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`maeser/data/static/*.png`	Image	CC-BY-SA 4.0	CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC0
`maeser/data/templates/*.html`	Jinja2 HTML source	LGPL v3+	LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0

New sources in this directory should be compatible with the LGPL.

The example usage for the `maeser` package (`example/` directory)#

File or directory	Type of file(s)	Current license	Acceptable licenses for new files in the same family
`example/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	AGPL v3+, GPL v3+, LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`example/vectorstores/*`	Vector Store	CC-BY-SA 4.0	CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC0
`example/static/*.png`	Image	Public Domain + CC-BY-SA 4.0	CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC0

The unit tests for the `maeser` package (`tests/` directory)#

File or directory	Type of file(s)	Current license	Acceptable licenses for new files in the same family
`tests/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	AGPL v3+, GPL v3+, LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`tests/chat/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	AGPL v3+, GPL v3+, LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0

GitHub config (`.github/` directory)#

File or directory	Type of file(s)	Current license	Acceptable licenses for new files in the same family
`.github/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	AGPL v3+, GPL v3+, LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`.github/Makefile`	Makefile source	LGPL v3+	AGPL v3+, GPL v3+, LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0

Sphinx Documentation (`sphinx-docs/` directory)#

File or directory	Type of file(s)	Current license	Acceptable licenses for new files in the same family
`sphinx-docs/*.py`	Python source	LGPL v3+	AGPL v3+, GPL v3+, LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`sphinx-docs/Makefile`	Makefile source	LGPL v3+	AGPL v3+, GPL v3+, LGPL v3+, MIT, CC0
`sphinx-docs//.md`	Markdown source	CC-BY-SA 4.0	CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC0

*AGPL and GPL can be used outside of the package while keeping the package LPGL, so long as no GPL code is backported to the LGPL codebase. Otherwise, the package will need to be licensed under the GPL.