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The jQuery developers have dropped the GPL (General Public Licence) from the dual licensing of the popular JavaScript library in recent releases of jQuery Core, UI, Mobile and other projects. The changes were announced in a blog post; the foundation says they are designed to eliminate confusion and make things easier for the foundation to manage, and they leave jQuery projects licensed under only the MIT licence, the other licence of the previous dual licensing.
I most certainly can understand wanting to dump the GPL for the MIT license, but that generally requires either:
1) a relatively small and cohesive developer base whose acquiescence is easy to gain, or
2) a community of developers who consented to license changes as a condition of making contributions.
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1) a relatively small and cohesive developer base whose acquiescence is easy to gain, or 2) a community of developers who consented to license changes as a condition of making contributions.