[TYPO3-core] Move contrib/ out of typo3/

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Christian Welzel wrote:
> while building packages for debian i stumbled over a problem with
> contrib/. In typo3/ there is a file GPL.txt which implies, the whole
> content of the directory and its sub directories is GPL licensed.
> But most of the packages in contrib/ are not.
> So i would propose to move contrib/ one level higher and note in
> LICENSE.txt of the "root" directory, that GPL does not apply to
> contrib/.
>
> Would this be possible for 4.7?

No, because it impacts compatibility. Many extensions now rely on extjs and 
other libraries being in the typo3/contrib.

-100.

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