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GPLv3 is quite limiting for a JS library. The source file[1] also has no license in the header, just a copyright.

[1] http://veritetimeline.appspot.com/latest/timeline-min.js

You're looking at the minimized file. In source/js/timeline.js it says:

    Verite Timeline 0.82
    Copyright 2011 Verite.co
    Designed and built by Zach Wise digitalartwork.net
    Date: February 7, 2012

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/

I posted an issue on github, recommending they include a license file in the main directory and switch to LGPL. Personally, I'm a fan of MIT/BSD, but if they prefer the GPL style, then the LGPL makes sense if they want the library to be used.

https://github.com/VeriteCo/Timeline/issues/4

Could you explain why?

I've never been able to find a conclusive answer on GPL applied to Javascript

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