License discussion

[SorraTheOrc]

Describe the bug
Without a clear license on the code it is unsafe to use this in any environment. I see your response to a previous request on https://github.com/hlky/stable-diffusion-webui/issues?q=is%3Aissue+license+is%3Aclosed but it isn't an appropriate answer. An open source license gives people the rights they need to use and enhance your code, it does not give any warranties or support expectation.

As things stand your code cannot be built upon by others, like me, for any purpose.

Please consider putting a permissive open source license on this code such as https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/

One limitation you may have is that you derive your code from another persons. If that persons code is also unlicensed then we need to get them to put a license on their code. Without it you are (technically) doing something you do not have the rights to do.

[SorraTheOrc]

I made a request on the upstream project too AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui#24

[hlky]

It is unlikely I will add a license that allows commercial usage such as MIT.

In my opinion, with a project like this, it is unfair to allow others to take this code and use it for commercial gain.

If you can tell me what your intended use is that will help me make a decision.

[SorraTheOrc]

My intention is to help you make it better by contributing to it as open source. I don't have any plans to use it commercially but who knows what I would want to do in the future. I would want people to use it commercially now.

You are free to do what you want with your own code. It's a shame, but it's your choice.

Note, free GitHub accounts are ONLY for open source projects - https://github.com/pricing

[hlky]

Can you suggest a license that does restrict commercial usage, but doesn't have any 'weird' things and won't cause issues if I do decide to relicense in the future?

Honestly imo any commercial project would be better off starting from scratch.