SciTools · trexfeathers · Jan 29, 2024 · Nov 13, 2023 · Nov 24, 2023 · Nov 24, 2023
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
diff --git a/COPYING.LESSER b/COPYING.LESSER
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+BSD 3-Clause License
+
+Copyright (c) Crown and Cartopy contributors.
+All rights reserved.
+
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+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include .gitattributes
 include .gitignore
 exclude .pre-commit-config.yaml
 include CHANGES
-include COPYING*
+include LICENSE
 include environment.yml
 include INSTALL
 recursive-include lib/cartopy *.cpp *.py *.pyx

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ Code is just one of many ways of positively contributing to Cartopy, please see
 our [contributing guide](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details on how
 you can get involved.
 
-Cartopy is released under a LGPL license with a shared copyright model.
-See [COPYING](COPYING) and [COPYING.LESSER](COPYING.LESSER) for full terms.
+Cartopy is released under the 3-Clause BSD license with a shared copyright model.
+See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for full terms.
 
 The [Met Office](https://metoffice.gov.uk) has made a significant
 contribution to the development, maintenance and support of this library.

diff --git a/benchmarks/cases/__init__.py b/benchmarks/cases/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
diff --git a/benchmarks/cases/geodesic.py b/benchmarks/cases/geodesic.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 
 import numpy as np
 

diff --git a/benchmarks/cases/gridliner.py b/benchmarks/cases/gridliner.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 

diff --git a/benchmarks/cases/mpl_redraw.py b/benchmarks/cases/mpl_redraw.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 
 import io
 

diff --git a/benchmarks/cases/project_linear.py b/benchmarks/cases/project_linear.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 
 import cartopy.crs as ccrs
 import cartopy.io.shapereader as shpreader

diff --git a/docs/make_projection.py b/docs/make_projection.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 
 import inspect
 from pathlib import Path

diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #

diff --git a/docs/source/copyright.rst b/docs/source/copyright.rst
@@ -7,30 +7,16 @@ Cartopy copyright, licensing and contributors
 Cartopy code
 ------------
 
-All Cartopy source code, unless explicitly stated, is |copy| ``British Crown
-copyright, 2016`` and is licensed under the **GNU Lesser General Public
-License** as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-License, or (at your option) any later version. You should find all source
-files with the following header:
+All Cartopy source code, unless explicitly stated, is ``Copyright Crown and
+Cartopy contributors`` and is licensed under the **BSD 3-Clause License**.
+You should find all source files with the following header:
 
 .. admonition:: Code License
 
-    |copy| British Crown Copyright 2011 - 2016, Met Office
-
-    This file is part of cartopy.
-
-    Cartopy is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-    the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
-    Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    Cartopy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-    along with cartopy.  If not, see `<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>`_.
+    # Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
+    #
+    # This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-Clause license.
+    # See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 
 
 Cartopy documentation and examples

diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Getting involved
 Cartopy was originally developed at the UK Met Office to allow scientists to visualise
 their data on maps quickly, easily and most importantly, accurately.
 Cartopy has been made freely available under the terms of the
-`GNU Lesser General Public License <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>`_.
+`BSD 3-Clause License <https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/>`_.
 It is suitable to be used in a variety
 of scientific fields and has an :doc:`active development community <contributors>`.
 

diff --git a/lib/cartopy/__init__.py b/lib/cartopy/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import tempfile

diff --git a/lib/cartopy/_epsg.py b/lib/cartopy/_epsg.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 """
 Provide support for converting EPSG codes to Projection instances.
 

diff --git a/lib/cartopy/crs.py b/lib/cartopy/crs.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright Cartopy Contributors
+# Copyright Crown and Cartopy Contributors
 #
-# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the LGPL license.
-# See COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in the root of the repository for full
-# licensing details.
+# This file is part of Cartopy and is released under the BSD 3-clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
 
 """
 The crs module defines Coordinate Reference Systems and the transformations

diff --git a/lib/cartopy/data/LICENSE b/lib/cartopy/data/LICENSE
@@ -2,7 +2,4 @@ HadISST data: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst/terms_and_conditions.h
 
 The image 50-natural-earth-1-downsampled.png is downsampled from Natural Earth data whose conditions are stated at https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/ (public domain).
 
-gshhs is LGPL, but their documentation doesn't state a version https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg/.
-The same data sets are part of the GMT package which is packaged in linux distributions, including debian.
-
 The image Miriam.A2012270.2050.2km.jpg is from the Rapid Response section of the NASA LANCE data, which states it is in the public domain https://earthdata.nasa.gov/faq#ed-rapid-response-faq