Consider changing the license of libknock2 #16

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opened 2025-11-19 15:47:05 +00:00 by luca0N · 0 comments

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2025-11-19 15:47:05 +00:00

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At this time, libknock2 is licensed under the AGPL-3.0-only license. This could prevent using the library under Windows with Npcap, a source-available but non-open source library.

To allow use with Npcap, the library could be licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (or any other license that allows linking with non-libre software), or add an exception to the license explicitly allowing linking with Npcap.

Since libknock2 is a small library, it would make more sense to license it (or dual license it) under the LGPL or some other permissive license.

At this time, libknock2 is licensed under the AGPL-3.0-only license. This could prevent using the library under Windows with Npcap, a source-available but non-open source library. To allow use with Npcap, the library could be licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (or any other license that allows linking with non-libre software), or add an exception to the license explicitly allowing linking with Npcap. Since libknock2 is a small library, it would make more sense to license it (or dual license it) under the LGPL or some other permissive license.