Forgejo news and updates

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Forgejo changed its license from MIT to GNU GPL v3+, it is now copyleft, just like Git. A pull request for federated user activity following using ActivityPub saw significant progress. Space usage quotas for users and organizations was implemented. The Forgejo security policy was published.

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In June 2023, Forgejo agreed to allow copyleft code to be merged in the codebase. A year later, in August 2024, the first pull requests to take advantage of this opportunity were merged. Forgejo versions starting from v9.0 are now released under a copyleft license and earlier Forgejo versions, including v8.0 and v7.0 patch releases remain under the MIT license.

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The Forgejo v8.0.1 & v7.0.7 releases contain a security fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allowed repository owners to create links that executed javascript when clicking on them.

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A non-free JavaScript library was found in the project's dependency structure, and the entire component that relied on it was re-implemented. Forgejo v8.0 is available with new features, a new approach to UI and UX, careful upgrade of dependencies to improve stability and security. Foundation parts for ActivityPub based federation and data portability were merged in.

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