License

[jhy]

Hi there,

The license of jsoup reads in its entirety:

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2009-2025 Jonathan Hedley <https://jsoup.org/>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

The MIT License requires that my copyright and the original license text remain in all derivative works.

Since ksoup is a derivative work of jsoup, relicensing it under Apache 2.0 and removing my copyright is not compliant with the MIT License nor copyright law.

Would you please correct this in your readme and license files, and anywhere else it is incorrect.

I have no objection if you wish to add an additional copyright notice for ksoup after mine, as is common practice for ports. My copyright year should update as long as you are pulling from jsoup.

Please confirm once this is resolved.

[itboy87]

Hi, Thanks you for reaching out and for clarifying the MIT license requirements. I appreciate your work on jsoup and respect the licensing terms.

I will update the license file, README, and any necessary documentation to properly acknowledge jsoup, retain the MIT license, and ensure compliance. I’ll make these changes soon and will notify you once they are completed.

Thanks again for bringing this to my attention.

[jhy]

Thanks Sabeeh, I appreciate your prompt response here.