[Clirr-devel] CVS: clirr/xdocs contributing.xml,1.4,1.5
Status: Alpha
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From: <lk...@us...> - 2006-03-18 20:23:00
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Update of /cvsroot/clirr/clirr/xdocs In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv19535/xdocs Modified Files: contributing.xml Log Message: reference ASL2 instead of LGPL Index: contributing.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/clirr/clirr/xdocs/contributing.xml,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- contributing.xml 6 Aug 2005 12:59:46 -0000 1.4 +++ contributing.xml 18 Mar 2006 20:22:52 -0000 1.5 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ </p> <p> Note that anything you contribute must have the same license - as the rest of Clirr, i.e. LGPL, Copyright Lars Kühne. + as the rest of Clirr, i.e. ASL2, Copyright Lars Kühne. </p> </section> <section name="Copyright Lars? Why not copyright myself?"> @@ -37,27 +37,27 @@ </p> <p> In fact it doesn't. Think about it: You give copyright to Lars, - Lars immediately gives you the right to use the code under LGPL. + Lars immediately gives you the right to use the code under ASL2. What have you lost? You can still </p> <ul> <li>claim authorship in the Javadoc or other comments, so credit goes where it should.</li> <li>redistribute the code in source or binary form - (provided the terms of the LGPL are met).</li> + (provided the terms of the license are met).</li> <li>use the code in a commercial environment or link it into IDEs.</li> <li>fork the codebase if you are not happy with the way Lars is running the project.</li> </ul> <p> - Because the code is licensed under the LGPL, + Because the code is licensed under the ASL2, the only thing you give up by assigning copyright to Lars is the right to veto a re-licensing of the code. - For example Lars could re-license Clirr under - the Apache license without having to contact + For example Lars could eventually re-license Clirr under + a new version of the Apache license without having to contact everybody who has ever contributed. Note that you would not lose any of the work you (and others) - have done as it would still be licensed under LGPL - <em>noone + have done as it would still be licensed under ASL2 - <em>noone can ever take these rights away from you</em>! </p> </section> |