Switch to only MIT license

[mr-c]

Dear contributors to Galaxy who are tagged in this PR:

Since 2021-04-07, Galaxy required MIT licensing for contributions.

We would like to re-license your prior contributions under the MIT license. This will help the entire project to switch to the MIT license from the Academic Free License which caused problems for packagers like Debian.

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MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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(Updated list of contributors from whom we are missing their approval for re-licensing)

[alexlenail]

approve

[mr-c]

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[cganote]

Approve

[tensionhead]

lgtm

[dtrudg]

@mr-c unfortunately my (admittedly small) contributions to this repository were made as part of my prior employment with UT Southwestern Medical Center, under what I understand to be 'work for hire', and therefore it would be their decision to approve re-licensing them if that's necessary. I don't think there was any DCO / CLA process in use at the time?

I no longer have any interaction with UTSW, but if you need to pursue approval I believe the administration of the Dept. Bioinformatics could help - https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/bioinformatics/contact/

Apologies I can't just tick approve.

[mr-c]

@mr-c unfortunately my (admittedly small) contributions to this repository were made as part of my prior employment with UT Southwestern Medical Center, under what I understand to be 'work for hire', and therefore it would be their decision to approve re-licensing them if that's necessary. I don't think there was any DCO / CLA process in use at the time?
Apologies I can't just tick approve.

We understand; perhaps your contributions have since been refactored out. Thanks again for being a member and contributor to the Galaxy Community!

[dtrudg]

We understand; perhaps your contributions have since been refactored out. Thanks again for being a member and contributor to the Galaxy Community!

I'd guess that would be likely. I'm afraid due to my novice git/GH skills back then there are some commits not associated with my username that should be visible on PRs, e.g. (https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/pull/75/commits). But, I'd hope that yes they would all be refactored out by now.

[ericenns]

Approve

[MatthewRalston]

Thanks to the Galaxy project!

[cbare]

Approved along with best wishes.