That was a really weird "episode" in the history of Shen, IMO. I mean, the outcome was good and all, but it was really weird to ask for donations to change the license. I don't think there was any real explanation for that other that "we want money"?
I believe it came from a discussion where to draft a new license would require the original developer to pay a lawyer. Someone suggested raising money to pay the developer the money to transition to BSD, a known license, instead of to a lawyer for yet another unknown license.
