Fork of the project

[SMoraisAnsys]

The pip-licenses project hasn't received any commit to the main branch since multiple months and multiple PRs have been opened in the mean time without being reviewed.

For those who would like to continue using this project, we have forked it and are considering integrating some of the already open pull requests. Our goal is to ensure continuity while incorporating relevant contributions.

Here is a link to the fork: https://github.com/ansys/pip-licenses

[stefan6419846]

Just as a side note: For similar reasons (long announced library functionality) I have been maintaining a fork of this repository for about 1.5 years already as well: https://github.com/stefan6419846/pip-licenses-lib This should include most of the relevant fixes as well, although it completely omits all rendering functionality.

[anmol-aidora]

We at Aidora have also created a fork: https://github.com/aidora-inc/pip-licenses

[GergelyKalmar]

Would it perhaps make sense to create a separate fork under a joint organization to which multiple contributors can commit? It seems there is enough interest, but right now the efforts are quite fragmented. Also, many of the forks don't seem to be on pypi, reducing their usefulness.

[stefan6419846]

In theory, this might be a possible solution, although the preferred solution should still be to keep the original repository alive - maybe by adding a collaborator. Otherwise, everyone has to replace their dependencies. (I am aware that myself having a fork on PyPI for quite some time now contradicts this a bit, but past development has shown that for some features integration into the CLI proved to be challenging.)

[GergelyKalmar]

Sure, if @raimon49 was kind enough to provide maintainer rights to someone else, I agree that it would be a better option.