Paper inherits its licensing from upstream projects. As such, Paper is licensed under the [GNU General Public License version 3](licenses/GPL.md); as it inherits it from Spigot, who in turn inherits it from the original Bukkit and Craftbukkit projects. Any author who is _not_ listed below should be presumed to have released their work under the original [GPL](licenses/GPL.md) license. In the interest of promoting a better Minecraft platform for everyone, contributors may choose to release their code under the more permissive [MIT License](licenses/MIT.md). The authors listed below have chosen to release their code under that more permissive [MIT License](licenses/MIT.md). Any contributor who wants their name added below should submit a pull request to this project to add their name. ```text Zach Brown <zach.brown@destroystokyo.com> Daniel Ennis <aikar@aikar.co> Kyle Wood <demonwav@gmail.com> kashike <kashike@vq.lc> Black Hole <black-hole@live.com> Mark Vainomaa <mikroskeem@mikroskeem.eu> Mystiflow <mystiflow@gmail.com> Shane Freeder <theboyetronic@gmail.com> Gabscap <git@gabscap.de> Jadon Fowler <jadonflower@gmail.com> chickeneer <emcchickeneer@gmail.com> Minecrell <minecrell@minecrell.net> Techcable <Techcable@outlook.com> ```