From: Mark S. <mar...@ch...> - 2006-11-13 07:24:38
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Excellent points! I hadn't thought about GPL versioning, but it is an important point to consider. The main ways GPL gets used is as v2.0 only or v2.0 or greater. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach. GPL + LE is currently the odds-on leader in the voting. If it is the chosen license, we've clearly got some work to do to determine the exact wording for the Library/Runtime exception (as has been discussed earlier in this thread). I think it makes sense to tackle the license version issue at the same time. As to the exact wording of an exception, there are several existing models that we can use. I haven't seen anyone advocate for some special SDCC Public License. I think everyone realizes that that would be a bad idea for the reasons you point out. Unless there is a strong opinion otherwise, let's finish selecting a license based and then finalize the text of the selected license. --mark swayne Bernhard Held wrote: >> I've finally gotten around to putting up a page with information >> regarding unifying SDCC's library licensing. >> > The licenses topic has been discussed in a german computer magazine. In the > last few years a lot of new licenses appeared. At the moment it seems to be > cool to create an own license. The big disadvantage is that they are often > incompatible with one another. This seriously hinders the spreading of open > source. It's a mess for *n*x distributors to sort all this problems out. > > Therefore I hope we'll agree on a mainstream license. > > I'm missing a clarification, if we vote for GPL V2 or V3. The major difference > is that V3 would deny the use of SDCC's libraries in DRM systems. The success > of V3 is in question, because Linus strictly refuses to use V3 for the Linux > kernel. > > I personally dislike DRM too, but I see no reason why we should deny the use > of SDCC's libraries in such systems. Should we? Moreover I guess it's not > wise to choose GPL V3 at the moment, because this license could change or > could even become meaningless. This is certainly again bad for the > compatibility with other software. Therefore I vote for GPL V2 + LE. > > Bernhard > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > sdcc-devel mailing list > sdc...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-devel > > > |