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morgankrey 27c566c212 Relicense Zed source code under GPL (#57948)
## Summary

This moves the remaining first-party AGPL surface to GPL, a less
restrictive license for these components. Apache-2.0 components are
unchanged.

Changes:
- Updates the `collab` crate from `AGPL-3.0-or-later` to
`GPL-3.0-or-later`
- Removes the root AGPL license file and first-party crate AGPL symlinks
- Updates web, documentation, Flatpak, README, and terms references to
reflect the GPL/Apache licensing split
- Updates the open-source component example list in the terms and
regenerates the RTF copy; no other terms changes are intended
- Adds guardrails so first-party crates cannot declare AGPL licensing or
carry `LICENSE-AGPL` files

Release timing: preview during the week of June 1, 2026; stable during
the week of June 8, 2026.

## Residual AGPL/Affero references

- `LICENSE-GPL`: GPLv3's own compatibility clause; unchanged official
license text.
- `crates/json_schema_store/src/schemas/package.json`: generic npm
package-license schema value, not Zed licensing.
- `script/check-licenses`, `script/new-crate`,
`script/licenses/zed-licenses.toml`: guardrails that reject or warn
against reintroducing AGPL.

## Verification

- `script/check-licenses`
- `script/generate-licenses`
- `script/generate-terms-rtf`
- `script/new-crate license_probe_for_gpl`, then discarded generated
crate
- `script/new-crate license_probe_for_agpl agpl` fails as expected
- `mdbook build docs`
- `./script/clippy`
- `git grep -n -I -E "AGPL|Affero"`
- `git diff --check`

Release Notes:

- The `collab` crate, used to implement Zed's collaboration backend, is
now licensed under the GPL instead of the AGPL. The AGPL license is no
longer used in the zed repository.
2026-05-28 20:19:17 +00:00

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no-clearly-defined = true
private = { ignore = true }
# Licenses allowed in Zed's dependencies. AGPL should not be added to this list.
# When adding to this list, please check the following open source license policies:
#
# * https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/thirdparty/licenses
accepted = [
"Apache-2.0",
"MIT",
"MIT-0",
"Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception",
"MPL-2.0",
"BSD-3-Clause",
"BSD-2-Clause",
"ISC",
"CC0-1.0",
"NCSA",
"Unicode-3.0",
"OpenSSL",
"Zlib",
"BSL-1.0",
"bzip2-1.0.6",
]
[procinfo.clarify]
license = "MIT"
[[procinfo.clarify.files]]
path = 'LICENSE.md'
checksum = '37db33bbbd7348969eda397b89a16f252d56c1ca7481b6ccaf56ccdcbab5dcca'
[webpki.clarify]
license = "ISC" # It actually says 'ISC-style' but I don't know the SPDX expression for that.
[[webpki.clarify.files]]
path = 'LICENSE'
checksum = '5b698ca13897be3afdb7174256fa1574f8c6892b8bea1a66dd6469d3fe27885a'
[fuchsia-cprng.clarify]
license = "BSD-3-Clause"
[[fuchsia-cprng.clarify.files]]
path = 'LICENSE'
checksum = '03b114f53e6587a398931762ee11e2395bfdba252a329940e2c8c9e81813845b'