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>
BillyGalbreath <blake.galbreath@gmail.com>
MiniDigger <admin@minidigger.me>
Brokkonaut <hannos17@gmx.de>
vemacs <d@nkmem.es>
stonar96 <minecraft.stonar96@gmail.com>
Hugo Manrique <hugmanrique@gmail.com>
Andrew Steinborn <git@steinborn.me>
willies952002 <admin@domnian.com>
MicleBrick <miclebrick@outlook.com>
Trigary <trigary0@gmail.com>
rickyboy320 <rickw320@hotmail.com>
DoNotSpamPls <7570108+DoNotSpamPls@users.noreply.github.com>
JRoy <joshroy126@gmail.com>
Robert Norman <spottedleaf@spottedleaf.dev>, <Spottedleaf@users.noreply.github.com>
ysl3000 <yannicklamprecht@live.de>
KennyTV <jahnke.nassim@gmail.com>
Machine_Maker <machine@machinemaker.me>
```