Re: [Modeling-users] Licence issues

[Sebastien B. <sbi...@us...>]

        Hi Erny and all,

  I do understand the point: the GPL can be really annoying in a
commercial environment --and in some other situations as well, esp. when
micing different licenses together.  Interestingly, I've been discussing
this point with someone else on a private conversation for a few days,
someone who basically wanted to know why I chose GPL.  I won't go into
much details now, esp. because I've no time today, but at least I
wanted to say I'm seriously considering switching from GPL to a more
permissive, python-like license.

  So: I'd like to hear from any of you here who thinks the GPL is or
  could be a problem for you/your company/your activity (or maybe think
  the opposite) --since this has been put on my list and that I plan to
  make up my mind soon, it's probably time to speak loud and clear ;)

-- S=E9bastien.


"Ernesto Revilla" <er...@si...> wrote:
> Dear Sebasti=E9n,
>=20
> actually, your framework is GPL which means that all software which
> uses modeling has to be GPL. (Is yours also?) Although, we support
> open software (my coworker just wrote a GTK grid with python bindings,
> open for everyone), our actual policy is that all libs should be open,
> but some productivity tools may be comercial. The problem is to
> recover the investment to create basic technologies.
>=20
> Beside the GPL, are there other ways to have a comercial tool (may be
> open source) that includes modeling? (I think either of a comercial
> licence for modeling, or a licence type LGPL or something else.)
>=20
> With best regards,
> Erny