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No YAML/JSON config files for v0.1. | | Logging | stdlib `log` to stdout, structured via `slog` (Go 1.21+) | No third-party logging library until we need log shipping. | | Process model | Single process, one port, in-process SSE hub | v0.1 is a self-hosted single-binary product. No workers, no sidecars. | @@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ Pure Go. Translates SQLite's C source via `ccgo` at build time, so the produced **Why not `testify` or `gocheck`?** No assertion library has yet earned its place. We will adopt one when the boilerplate of `if got != want { t.Errorf(...) }` becomes a real cost, not before. -### License: Apache-2.0 +### License: MIT (revised 2026-06-23) + +**Superseded by CEO decision** — [ELF-141](https://github.com/elfoundation/hatch/issues/141) locked the OSS license at **MIT** ahead of the v0.1 public launch. The original Apache-2.0 reasoning is preserved below for history; the repo now ships under MIT (see [`LICENSE`](../../LICENSE)). MIT→Apache-2.0 remains a compatible, reversible upgrade if a corporate contributor raises patent concerns later. + +#### Original Apache-2.0 reasoning (superseded) Permissive. Explicit patent grant. Matches what the Go ecosystem uses (Kubernetes, Docker, the Go toolchain itself are permissive-licensed). Compatible with corporate adoption without legal-review friction. @@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ Permissive. Explicit patent grant. Matches what the Go ecosystem uses (Kubernete - Chi is one more dependency to track. If a future Go stdlib release subsumes the middleware story, we have a small migration. - `modernc.org/sqlite` is slower than the C version on raw throughput benchmarks (~2–3× on simple SELECTs). For v0.1's workload (a self-hosted single-user product) this is invisible. We will measure before optimizing. - Stdlib `html/template` has no inheritance, no partials-with-arguments, and no "components." If template complexity grows, we will feel it. The mitigation is to keep the page count low (Capture page, Inspect page, Mock config page, error page). -- Apache-2.0 is more verbose than MIT. Trivial cost; mentioned for completeness. +- (Historical, pre-MIT switch:) Apache-2.0 is more verbose than MIT. Trivial cost; mentioned for completeness. ## Alternatives Considered @@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ Permissive. Explicit patent grant. Matches what the Go ecosystem uses (Kubernete | `modernc.org/sqlite` | Swap to `mattn/go-sqlite3`. Add CGO to the Dockerfile. Update CI to install `gcc`. ~half a day, plus the Dockerfile/CI change. | | `html/template` | Adopt `templ` (or `jet`). Adds a code-generation step. ~1 day plus regen. | | stdlib `testing` | Adopt `testify`. Mechanical import swap. ~2 hours. | -| Apache-2.0 | Relicense with contributor agreement. Not a code change, but a legal process. Not reversible by us alone. | +| MIT (was Apache-2.0) | Relicense with contributor agreement. Not a code change, but a legal process. MIT→Apache-2.0 is a compatible upgrade if patent concerns arise. | | Env-only config | Adopt `viper` or `koanf`. ~1 day including flag plumbing. | The first five rollbacks are independent and can be done in any order. The license change is not ours to make unilaterally.