Re: [binarycloud-dev] LGPL

[alex b. <en...@tu...>]

> Seems the best way to go. You want to make the application development
> environment (BC) as free as possible, but you don't want to make
developers
> release the applications developed herewith released under the same
> freedom/restrictions.

Correct. (given that I am in that business, I agree! :)

> If this were straight-up GPL, I would be unable to use it. On the other
hand,
> as LGPL, I could use it, develop the applications my customers need, and
> still be likely to contribute to the part that benefits you.  (the BC
> environment itself)

Yep. I encourage people to think of how they can generalize their
components, so we can include them in the distro. The more the better, as
far as I am concerned.

> IMHO, GPL-type licensing applies best to infrastructure - the specific
> application of that infrastructure to solve a specific problem is
generally
> best a more proprietary license.

Depends on the software, but _usually_ I agree with that statement. I think
it is reasonable to classify binarycloud as infrastructure software (that
and I have that on my company website :)

_alex