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It took me going to their GitHub to find out, but it’s GPL 3.
What does this mean practically
It means it can't ever become proprietary closed-source software (not without a major lawsuit).
I'd expect free software people to not have the funds to sue corporations. Are there any examples of these major lawsuits I can take a look at? I do remember a telecom company in France was fined quite a large sum but that was reported as a rare incident.
Any GPL violations would be reported to the Software Freedom Conservacy, who would go to court on the dev's behalf.
There was a major lawsuit back in 2022 between the SFC and Vizio, and the SFC won.