Explanation: The version previously committed is a custom version of MIT-0,
modified to better reflect the nature of this project, as Nix code and related
files are not able to function as computer programs. However, upon further
consideration, it was determined that:
- Nix operates like an interpreted language, e.g., Python, and thus is
susceptible to be treated as software.
- There's already a precedent of licensing Nix code under MIT.
This commit should be treated as a correction to license text and not as an
act of relicensing, as it is clearly stated in the original commit that the
intention was to relicense the project under an unmodified MIT license, as
identified in SPDX.
Signed-off-by: unexplrd <unexplrd@linerds.us>
The rationale is the Unlicense's sloppy wording and the fact that MIT License is
generally more recognized and also used in the official nixpkgs repository [1].
The only difference between licenses is a condition of including a copyright
notice when reusing large portions of the work. Thus, MIT license provides the
same level of dedication to the public domain with no additional restrictions
and is therefore considered a better reflection of the author's values and a
compatible solution for relicensing this project.
From this point, all work in this public repository is retroactively relicensed
under the MIT license, with no additional obligations applied to any copy of
the work being used in any scenario, as described in the MIT license, prior to
this point.
[1] see 3225b228e8/COPYING
Signed-off-by: unexplrd <unexplrd@linerds.us>
