AsciiDoc3 switches to AGPLv3+

Published: 2023-01-20

From now on AsciiDoc3 comes to you under the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 or later/higher.
Legacy AsciiDoc is/was licensed under GPLv2 or higher. To ensure the highest possible protection against whatever may be or happen we upgrade to the AGPLv3+. This is covered by the classification of the Free Software Foundation and in addition recommended.
See here: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html or here https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility or https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/6816/gplv2-or-later-upgrade-to-agplv3
To obtain the closing GPLv2+ version, you may checkout the tag v3.2.3a=GPLv2+_vs_AGPLv3+.

Keywords: AsciiDoc3 license GPLv2+ AGPLv3+

Highlights of next version

Published: 2023-01-06

AsciiDoc3’s next release 4.0.0 is under way. Aside from some minor changes some greater enhancements are in the pipeline. See here some highlights:

  • html5 is the default output/backend,

  • DocBook5.2 will be supported,

  • the repo on gitlab https://gitlab.com/asciidoc3/asciidoc3 shows adjustments regarding the file-layout (no impact on use),

  • verbose output is more meaningful,

  • update (un)install, PyPI, Docker . . . ,

  • <to be cont.>?

We hope to make these things public in the next 30 days.

Keywords: Release 4.0 Highlights AsciiDoc3 Asciidoc

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