<p>We are currently seeking feedback and comments from the open-source development community and others on improving our current Open MIT License.</p>
<h2 class="-ml-4 flex group pl-4 whitespace-pre-wrap" id="goals"><a class="absolute -ml-10 mt-[3px] flex items-center opacity-0 border-0 group-hover:opacity-100" aria-label="Anchor" href="#goals"><div class="w-6 h-6 text-slate-400 ring-1 ring-slate-900/5 rounded-md shadow-sm flex items-center justify-center hover:ring-slate-900/10 hover:shadow hover:text-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-700 dark:text-slate-300 dark:shadow-none dark:ring-0"><svg width="12" height="12" fill="none" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M3.75 1v10M8.25 1v10M1 3.75h10M1 8.25h10" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"></path></svg></div></a>Goals</h2>
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<p>Encourage open extendability of the Elegant Framework.</p>
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<p>Give credit back to Outstatic and other open-source projects used to build Elegant.</p>
</li>
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<p>Satisfy all community and OSS expectations and requirements.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="-ml-4 flex group pl-4 whitespace-pre-wrap" id="background"><a class="absolute -ml-10 mt-[3px] flex items-center opacity-0 border-0 group-hover:opacity-100" aria-label="Anchor" href="#background"><div class="w-6 h-6 text-slate-400 ring-1 ring-slate-900/5 rounded-md shadow-sm flex items-center justify-center hover:ring-slate-900/10 hover:shadow hover:text-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-700 dark:text-slate-300 dark:shadow-none dark:ring-0"><svg width="12" height="12" fill="none" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M3.75 1v10M8.25 1v10M1 3.75h10M1 8.25h10" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"></path></svg></div></a>Background</h2>
<p>The Elegant project recently came under scrutiny from the open-source software community regarding the current Open MIT License.</p>
<p>We need to give further credit to used open-source libraries and extend compliance to any new application created using the Elegant Framework.</p>
<h2 class="-ml-4 flex group pl-4 whitespace-pre-wrap" id="proposal"><a class="absolute -ml-10 mt-[3px] flex items-center opacity-0 border-0 group-hover:opacity-100" aria-label="Anchor" href="#proposal"><div class="w-6 h-6 text-slate-400 ring-1 ring-slate-900/5 rounded-md shadow-sm flex items-center justify-center hover:ring-slate-900/10 hover:shadow hover:text-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-700 dark:text-slate-300 dark:shadow-none dark:ring-0"><svg width="12" height="12" fill="none" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M3.75 1v10M8.25 1v10M1 3.75h10M1 8.25h10" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"></path></svg></div></a>Proposal</h2>
<p>Modify the existing <a href="http://LICENSE.MD">LICENSE.MD</a> file to include an attribution statement to give proper credit to used libraries.</p>
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<p>Program uses the following open-source libraries from other authors; See their respective license headers for more details: Next.js: Tailwind CSS: TipTap: Outstatic:</p>
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<h2 class="-ml-4 flex group pl-4 whitespace-pre-wrap" id="how-to-provide-feedback"><a class="absolute -ml-10 mt-[3px] flex items-center opacity-0 border-0 group-hover:opacity-100" aria-label="Anchor" href="#how-to-provide-feedback"><div class="w-6 h-6 text-slate-400 ring-1 ring-slate-900/5 rounded-md shadow-sm flex items-center justify-center hover:ring-slate-900/10 hover:shadow hover:text-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-700 dark:text-slate-300 dark:shadow-none dark:ring-0"><svg width="12" height="12" fill="none" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M3.75 1v10M8.25 1v10M1 3.75h10M1 8.25h10" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"></path></svg></div></a>How to Provide Feedback</h2>
<p>To provide comments or feedback, visit <a href="https://github.com/orgs/elegantframework/discussions/225">[RFC] Modify Existing Open MIT License</a> on GitHub or <a href="https://discord.gg/PwY38x4uvV">Join Elegant on Discord</a>.</p>


We are currently seeking feedback and comments from the open-source development community and others on improving our current Open MIT License.

## Goals

- Encourage open extendability of the Elegant Framework.

- Give credit back to Outstatic and other open-source projects used to build Elegant.

- Satisfy all community and OSS expectations and requirements.

## Background

The Elegant project recently came under scrutiny from the open-source software community regarding the current Open MIT License.

We need to give further credit to used open-source libraries and extend compliance to any new application created using the Elegant Framework.

## Proposal

Modify the existing [LICENSE.MD](http://LICENSE.MD) file to include an attribution statement to give proper credit to used libraries.

> <br>
> 
> Program uses the following open-source libraries from other authors; See their respective license headers for more details: Next.js: Tailwind CSS: TipTap: Outstatic:



## How to Provide Feedback

To provide comments or feedback, visit [[RFC] Modify Existing Open MIT License](https://github.com/orgs/elegantframework/discussions/225) on GitHub or [Join Elegant on Discord](https://discord.gg/PwY38x4uvV).



We are seeking feedback and comments from the open-source development community and others on improving our current Open MIT License.