# Proposal to amend ZIP 1014 to require MIT license for core code **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance\ **Created:** [May 6, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/proposal-to-amend-zip-1014-to-require-mit-license-for-core-code/41505 "2022-05-06T19:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![tromer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/tromer/32/14860_2.png) [@tromer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/tromer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/proposal-to-amend-zip-1014-to-require-mit-license-for-core-code/41505/11 "2022-05-07T21:55:56Z")
_Edited:_ I support the spirit of this suggestion, in light of the dynamics we now experience: an ill-reasoned harmful license is being forced on the community despite the strong objections of cognizant participants. (And yes, I share the blame for the optimistically permissive phrasing in ZIP 1014, which originated in my [ZIP 1012](https://zips.z.cash/zip-1012) proposal.) This will have a grave cost, in preventing some projects from being funded, because they need to, e.g., include GPL code. Permitting MIT or GPL seems better. Maybe OSI in general, as a MUST rather than a SHOULD? Restricted to their [Popular Licenses](https://opensource.org/licenses) list to minimize fragmentation? --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/proposal-to-amend-zip-1014-to-require-mit-license-for-core-code/41505)._