{"id":1901,"date":"2013-10-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2013\/10\/03\/hosting-gplv3-projects-on-codeplex\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:28:52","slug":"hosting-gplv3-projects-on-codeplex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/hosting-gplv3-projects-on-codeplex\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting GPLv3 Projects on CodePlex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been a bit quiet here recently about what\u2019s been going on with CodePlex.\u00a0 I don\u2019t blog every time we do a release otherwise I\u2019d be blogging about the site every week, but we made a change today that I thought was worth mentioning \u2013 the GPLv3 license has been added to the list of open source licenses available when creating a new open source project on CodePlex.<\/p>\n<p>On CodePlex we\u2019ve always asked you to specify what license you are releasing your source code under before you publish a project.\u00a0 It\u2019s important that whenever you publish code on the internet and you want that code to be freely used by people that you give it a license.\u00a0 Just putting the code out there doesn\u2019t really make it Open Source <a href=\"http:\/\/opensource.org\/osd\">http:\/\/opensource.org\/osd<\/a>.\u00a0 We want to make sure that when people visit a project on CodePlex and download the source they are able to use that source under the terms an Open Source license that is readily discoverable.<\/p>\n<p>But picking the right license can be intimidating.\u00a0 Rather than giving a drop-down listing of every single possible open source license we\u2019ve always include a pragmatic list containing the most popular licenses in use by the community, from permissive licenses like MIT, Apache 2.0 or MS-PL through to different copy-left licenses like GPLv2.\u00a0 Recently the team reviewed the list of licenses project owners can choose from and compared it against the licenses people were wanting to use.\u00a0 It was clear we had a gap and that some developers wanted to publish their projects under GPLv3 <a href=\"https:\/\/codeplex.codeplex.com\/workitem\/14272\">https:\/\/codeplex.codeplex.com\/workitem\/14272<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So today, GPLv3 has been added as one of the available options in the quick and easy license picker for new projects created on CodePlex.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/10\/4520.image_thumb_58439844.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15853\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/10\/4520.image_thumb_58439844.png\" alt=\"Image 4520 image thumb 58439844\" width=\"606\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/10\/4520.image_thumb_58439844.png 606w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/10\/4520.image_thumb_58439844-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to keep the licensing of projects on CodePlex as simple as possible which is why we keep the drop-down list of licenses short and simple.\u00a0 But it was clear that GPLv3 is important enough and there was enough community demand that it deserved a place in the list.\u00a0 If the license you want isn\u2019t supported by our drop-down then you can always contact the CodePlex team &lt;https:\/\/www.codeplex.com\/site\/contact&gt; 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