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[campaign] PMPL-1.0 → MPL-2.0 SPDX licence header sweep (~12,000 files) #308

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[campaign] PMPL-1.0 → MPL-2.0 SPDX licence header sweep (~12,000 files)#308

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@hyperpolymath
hyperpolymath
opened on May 30, 2026

Finding

A 2026-05-30 estate-wide grep shows 12,223 files still carry `SPDX-License-Identifier: PMPL-1.0-or-later` (predecessor estate licence) vs 55,245 files on the target `SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0`. `MPL-1.0` is already at zero — that conversion completed.

Per estate language policy

Per [[feedback_estate_lang_policy_2026_05_25]] memory:

MPL-1.0/PMPL-1.0 → MPL-2.0

PMPL-1.0 is the predecessor estate licence; MPL-2.0 is the target.

Top hotspots by repo

Repo PMPL-1.0 files Notes
iser-tools 1,517 Likely all estate-authored
.claude (worktrees?) 1,310 Probably ephemeral worktree shadows
v-ecosystem 1,159 Vendored upstream V-lang — exempt
rescript-ecosystem 882 Vendored upstream ReScript — exempt
.github (workflows) 845 Mostly workflow files
asdf-augmenters 820 Estate-authored
asdf-plugin-collection 706 Estate-authored
docs (various) 495 Documentation
verification-ecosystem 453 Estate-authored
a2ml 325 Estate-authored
k9-svc 293 Estate-authored
affinescript-ecosystem 272 Estate-authored
... ... ...

Standards repo itself: 2,382 PMPL-1.0 vs 350 MPL-2.0 — the canonical-policy repo is itself ~87% on the predecessor licence.

Scope considerations

  • Vendored exclusions: v-ecosystem, rescript-ecosystem, hyperpolymath-archive/*, linguist, repos-monorepo — these are upstream forks and should keep their original headers per upstream-fidelity policy.
  • Realistic remaining scope: ~8,000 files across ~40 estate-authored repos.
  • Bulk-replace tractability: Mechanical sed substitution; per-PR scope = per-repo would be ~40 PRs.

Recommended approach

Phase 1 — standards itself

Convert standards' own files (2,032 estimated after carve-outs). Single large PR or 3-4 smaller PRs split by directory (workflows/, docs/, scripts/, lib/). Establishes the pattern.

Phase 2 — top-10 hotspots

Per-repo PRs for iser-tools, asdf-augmenters, asdf-plugin-collection, verification-ecosystem, a2ml, k9-svc, affinescript-ecosystem, container-stack, etc. Mechanical sed -i 's|PMPL-1.0-or-later|MPL-2.0|' plus header-only MPL-1.0 variants.

Phase 3 — long-tail

Subagent fan-out across remaining repos, paced for rate-limit. ~6-8 hours total.

Out of scope

  • Code-level licence changes (just SPDX headers)
  • Upstream-vendored content
  • Files where PMPL is INTENTIONAL (none currently identified)

Owner decision needed

  • (a) Approve Phase 1 (standards itself) now
  • (b) Defer — PMPL-1.0-or-later is contractually equivalent to MPL-2.0 in practice; cosmetic
  • (c) Trigger full sweep — would consume ~6-8 hours of CI/Actions budget

Refs [[feedback_estate_lang_policy_2026_05_25]] (policy source)

Activity

  1. hyperpolymath commented on May 30, 2026

    @hyperpolymath
    hyperpolymath
    on May 30, 2026
    OwnerAuthor

    Status sweep 2026-05-30 — refresh + reality check.

    Count refresh

    Re-ran inventory against current estate:

    Metric At filing 2026-05-30 (now) Δ
    PMPL-1.0 files ~12,223 ~21,108 +8,885
    MPL-2.0 files 55,245 (not re-measured) n/a
    MPL-1.0 (word-boundary, excl. PMPL substrings) 0 0 estate-authored 0

    The PMPL-1.0 count grew, not shrank — likely from the in-flight CLAUDE.md docs flip (65-PR background script per memory) propagating fresh PMPL-1.0 stamps before this sweep approves. The MPL-1.0 conversion claim in the body remains accurate (only matches are license/PMPL-1.0.txt filename hits, not estate-authored content).

    Progress since filing

    PR Title Status
    standards#249 chore(spdx): migrate 25 workflow SPDX headers PMPL-1.0-or-later → MPL-2.0 MERGED 2026-05-28
    standards#201 feat(governance): add licence-consistency CI check MERGED 2026-05-27
    standards#196 docs(audits): estate-wide licence-debt audit 2026-05-26 MERGED 2026-05-27

    The "Phase 1 — standards itself" candidate (2,032 files at filing → ~3,822 now) has had only the 25-file workflow precursor merged. Owner decision (a/b/c) still pending.

    Owner-decision options (re-stated for clarity)

    • (a) Approve Phase 1 (standards itself) now — pattern-establishing, ~3,800-file PR or 3-4 split PRs.
    • (b) Defer — PMPL-1.0-or-later is contractually equivalent to MPL-2.0; cosmetic-only.
    • (c) Trigger full sweep — ~21,000 files, ~6-8 hours of Actions budget, ~40 PRs.

    This is a genuinely-open campaign awaiting owner decision, not a stale-claim closure candidate. Keeping open. No per-phase sub-issues exist yet — they'd be filed once option (a) or (c) is approved.

    Cross-ref: also note [[feedback_echidna_license_docs_mpl_intentional.md]] memory — echidna's CLAUDE.md+FAQ.md AGPL reconciliation PR #149 was reverted 2026-05-30, so echidna docs intentionally stay MPL-2.0 despite AGPL LICENSE; do not sweep that repo's SPDX headers unprompted.

  2. hyperpolymath commented on Jun 2, 2026

    @hyperpolymath
    hyperpolymath
    on Jun 2, 2026
    OwnerAuthor

    Status update — 2026-06-02 sweep complete

    This campaign is largely complete. Sweep executed across 28 repos with category-aware targets (sole-owner → MPL-2.0, son-shared → AGPL-3.0-or-later, palimpsest carve-out kept PMPL, third-party/fork excluded).

    Total swept: ~14,000 files across 28 repos

    Per-repo PR table

    Repo PR(s) Files Target
    neurophone #102 (canonical revert, already merged), #120 (docs reintro) 100 + 8 MPL-2.0
    developer-ecosystem #103/#104/#105/#106/#107 7,129 MPL-2.0
    nextgen-databases #29/#30 226 MPL-2.0
    standards #344/#345/#349/#350 3,456 + docs AGPL-3.0-or-later + consent-aware-http hybrid
    stapeln #86/#87 875 MPL-2.0
    reposystem #90 (Phase 1) 401 MPL-2.0
    ephapax #285/#286 343 + badge MPL-2.0
    sanctify-php #47/#48 123 + badge MPL-2.0
    ubicity #73/#74 131 + badge MPL-2.0
    zerotier-k8s-link #63/#64 110 + badge MPL-2.0
    verisimiser #156 274 MPL-2.0
    squisher-corpus #26 126 MPL-2.0
    rattlescript #29 240 AGPL-3.0-or-later (newly-discovered category 3)
    pimcore-fortress #22 87 MPL-2.0
    tree-navigator #41 75 MPL-2.0
    snapcreate #29 65 MPL-2.0
    php-aegis #43 92 MPL-2.0
    nafa-app #26 103 MPL-2.0
    vscode-k9 #22 219 MPL-2.0
    supernorma #38/#39 72 + badge MPL-2.0
    sdp-hkdf-deployment #26 81 MPL-2.0
    robot-vacuum-cleaner #64 81 MPL-2.0
    gitbot-fleet #250 148 MPL-2.0
    vcl-ut #46 32 AGPL-3.0-or-later (newly-discovered category 3)
    resource-record-fluctuator #38 55 MPL-2.0
    proof-of-work #83/#84 118 + badge MPL-2.0
    project-wharf #49 68 MPL-2.0
    julia-professional-registry #25 16 MPL-2.0
    hypatia #423 (governance recipe + script + exclude_repos update) 3 –

    Audit correction vs original framing

    Original (2026-05-30) audit's "vendored exclusions" assumption was wrong for v-ecosystem and rescript-ecosystem — both are owner-authored ecosystem subdirs, not upstream vendored.

    Actual correct exclusions discovered during execution:

    • Submodule paths (per .gitmodules) — e.g., v-ecosystem/v-{graphql,grpc,rest}/, satellites/*, julia-ecosystem/, scaffoldia/
    • Possible upstream forks — rescript-tea/, affinescript-vite/ (precautionary skip pending fork-vs-local classification)
    • AGPL inheritance — idaptik-rescript13-staging/ (son-shared idaptik content)
    • Check-in copies of standalone repos — cadre-router/, cadre-tea-router/, rescript-evangeliser/, rattlescript/ under dev-ecosystem
    • Carve-out subdirs — consent-aware-http/ (special hybrid; see standards#350)

    Newly-confirmed AGPL category-3 repos (son-shared)

    • standards (this repo)
    • rattlescript
    • vcl-ut

    These join previously-confirmed idaptik, burble. All carry AGPL-3.0-or-later, not MPL-2.0.

    New deliverables

    1. docs/LICENSE-POLICY.md (standards#349) — canonical estate policy reference
    2. recipe-fix-pmpl-drift.json + fix-pmpl-drift.sh (hypatia#423) — auto-classifier for future drift
    3. Memory — 5 new always-on entries in MEMORY.md (estate-license-policy-umbrella + per-repo AGPL confirmations + consent-aware-http hybrid)

    consent-aware-http special handling (standards#350)

    Per owner directive 2026-06-02, consent-aware-http uses a hybrid licensing model:

    • Source files → MPL-2.0
    • Spec/doc files → CC-BY-4.0 (IETF-compatible)
    • In-text reference → PMPL-2.0-or-later for cultural/ethical/post-quantum framing (NOT applied as SPDX)

    Known deferred work

    • reposystem Phase 2 — 7 sub-projects (scaffoldia, recon-silly-ation, bitfuckit, gui, git-morph, contractiles, stateful-artefacts) need standalone-vs-local classification
    • panll — owner-managed per memory, never sweep without explicit per-touch greenlight
    • llm-grace#2 — owner-manual file-by-file (199 files) per its own issue body
    • echidnabot#83 — owner-manual (2 trivial edits) per its own issue body
    • Tail repos with 1-2 PMPL stamps each not surfaced by the original gh search cap

    Suggested next state

    Once the ~50 draft PRs above land, this campaign is closeable. Suggest one of:

    • Close as superseded by hypatia#423 (the governance recipe takes over from here)
    • Mark status:waiting-on-merge and close after all PRs are merged
    • Keep open as the audit-trail anchor — let hypatia#423 reference it

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  3. hyperpolymath commented on Jun 2, 2026

    @hyperpolymath
    hyperpolymath
    on Jun 2, 2026
    OwnerAuthor

    Campaign CLOSED — 2026-06-02 19:50Z

    All 30 PRs across this campaign are now MERGED to main. Final tally:

    • Source-SPDX sweep: 19 repos / ~14,000 files swept (MPL-2.0 for sole-owner, AGPL-3.0-or-later for the 5 confirmed category-3 son-shared repos)
    • Governance: hypatia#423 (recipe + script) + gitbot-fleet#256 (wire-up) — hypatia → gitbot-fleet → .git-private-farm loop CLOSED for PMPL drift detection
    • Docs: standards#349 (canonical LICENSE-POLICY.md) + standards#350 (consent-aware-http hybrid: MPL source + CC-BY-4.0 spec + PMPL-2.0-or-later in-text reference)
    • License-inconsistency adjacent campaign: 7 manifest-vs-LICENSE fixes merged (chimichanga#38, conflow#35, zerostep#54, januskey#52, poly-observability-mcp#23, poly-k8s-mcp#17, vcs-ircd#49) + 2 stale-issue comments (boj-server#186, hypatia#417 — LICENSE has flipped to AGPL since those issues were filed, both stale)

    Newly-confirmed category-3 (AGPL-3.0-or-later, son-shared) repos

    Added to memory + estate-license-policy-umbrella table:

    • standards (this repo)
    • rattlescript
    • vcl-ut

    Join previously-confirmed: idaptik, burble.

    Suggested closure

    Close this issue as SUPERSEDED-BY hypatia#423 (going-forward automation now in place; any new drift gets auto-routed via the recipe + script).

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  4. hyperpolymath commented on Aug 24, 2026

    @hyperpolymath
    hyperpolymath
    on Aug 24, 2026
    OwnerAuthor

    Closing as completed/superseded after stale-open audit. The 2026-06-02 close-out records all 30 campaign PRs merged, approximately 14,000 source headers reconciled with category-aware licensing, and the going-forward detector/recipe handed to hyperpolymath/hypatia#423 (with gitbot-fleet#256 wiring). The issue’s own final recommendation was to close as superseded by that automation.

  5. hyperpolymath
    closed this as completedon Aug 24, 2026
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