Re: [Opensync-users] Thunderbird plugin

[Dan M. <dm...@mo...>]

Armin Bauer wrote:
> Yes, you are right. The MPL license is the only problem since it would
> be more liberal than the LGPL. But i really dont want to relicense
> Opensync under the MPL or a similar license. I think the LGPL should be
> libreral enough (but the opinions differ on this point :)
>   
So Armin and I have talked about this before, and I still have some more 
investigation to do about some of the details of the various license 
interaction here.  Hopefully I'll find time to do this in the next month 
or two.

More generally, though, one thing that's worth keeping in mind: OpenSync 
becomes exponentially more attractive to both users and developers the 
more widely it's deployed.  More people are likely to contribute to it, 
including commercial vendors from the sync world and the device world. 
So logistically speaking, this means that the more comfortable your 
license appears to vendors of all flavors, the more likely the project 
is to succeed.  My experience is that vendors who are not open-source 
purists tend to be more comfortable going with more "liberal" licenses, 
for whatever that's worth.

Dan