[HtmlUnit] Proposed license change

[Mike B. <mb...@Ga...>]

HtmlUnit is currently licensed under the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL).

There have been a number of discussions on other lists recently where
people have expressed concerns about using LGPL code because of the virual
nature of the license.  My goal has always been to make this software
available to anyone who needed it so this is an issue for me.

I am leaning toward switching HtmlUnit to an apache style license for this
reason.  An apache license is much less restrictive than the LGPL so I
wouldn't imagine that any of the current users of HtmlUnit would be
affected by this change however it's always best to be cautious :-)

Would you be affected if the license was changed as outlined above?  If
so, would a dual Apache/LGPL license work for you?  I would prefer to not
have a dual license but I'm willing to compromise if this becomes a big
issue.

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Mike Bowler
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