Change license from GPL-2.0-or-later to MIT

Author: mpge

LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Escalated
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/escalated-dev/escalated-wordpress)](https://github.com/escalated-dev/escalated-wordpress/releases/latest)
 [![PHP Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/php-%3E%3D8.1-8892BF)](https://www.php.net/)
 [![WordPress](https://img.shields.io/badge/wordpress-%3E%3D6.0-21759B)](https://wordpress.org/)
-[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/escalated-dev/escalated-wordpress)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
 
 A full-featured helpdesk and ticketing system for WordPress with multi-role support, SLA tracking, escalation rules, inbound email processing, macros, and a REST API.
 
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ If needed, set `WP_TESTS_DIR` to your local WordPress tests library path before
 
 ## License
 
-GPL-2.0-or-later. See `readme.txt` and plugin headers for details.
+MIT. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

composer.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "escalated/escalated-wordpress",
     "description": "Escalated Helpdesk & Ticketing System for WordPress",
     "type": "wordpress-plugin",
-    "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+    "license": "MIT",
     "require": {
         "php": ">=8.1"
     },

escalated.php

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  * Version:     1.0.1
  * Author:      Escalated
  * Author URI:  https://escalated.dev
- * License:     GPL-2.0-or-later
- * License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * License:     MIT
+ * License URI: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  * Text Domain: escalated
  * Domain Path: /languages
  * Requires at least: 6.0

readme.txt

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Requires at least: 6.0
 Tested up to: 6.7
 Requires PHP: 8.1
 Stable tag: 1.0.0
-License: GPLv2 or later
-License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+License: MIT
+License URI: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 A full-featured helpdesk and ticketing system for WordPress with multi-role support, SLA tracking, escalation rules, inbound email, macros, and REST API.