Publish color theme with MIT license about darcula HOT 4 OPEN

I'd also like to see darcula upstreamed to https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell

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The owner of this project would be the final say (and/or a lawyer), but I don't really think you need a different licensing to create a "derivative" work consisting only of the colors. The apache license is very "permissive"... what exactly do you think you need an MIT license for that the apache license does not cover?

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I don't really think you need a different licensing to create a "derivative" work consisting only of the colors

Last time I checked, I did not come to a conclusion, if color schemes can be copyrighted.

what exactly do you think you need an MIT license for that the apache license does not cover?

https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-templates-source/blob/master/README.md

I'm not really great with licences, but I think Apache-2 is less permissive than MIT.

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• You are creating a "standalone" color scheme "code/document" that is consistent with this look and feel. IMO, you are not copying a copyrighted work (i.e. which file in this project are you using? I would guess "none".)
• Again, not trying to be argumentative, but your use of phrases like "more permissive" and "less permissive" are subjective. While I might generally agree that Apache is very slightly less permissive than the MIT license, I'm not sure what you are requiring to be "more permissive". For example, wikipedia says:
  "The Apache License is permissive; unlike copyleft licenses, it does not require a derivative work of the software, or modifications to the original, to be distributed using the same license. It still requires application of the same license to all unmodified parts."

Anyway... good luck. I was just hoping to help bring you to some resolution for your own project since I doubt that the owner of this project will likely concern himself with making changes to your project. Just my two cents.

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