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From: Johan C. <jco...@j-...> - 2002-03-10 16:31:07
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I vote for Yes change but you know that already. johan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Bell" <col...@bi...> To: "Squirrel Developers List (E-mail)" <squ...@li...> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 12:14 PM Subject: [Squirrel-sql-develop] New Licence for Squirrel > I'm looking at changing the licence for the SQuirreL application itself from > the GPL to the LGPL becauseof the "viral" nature of the GPL. In version 1.0 > it wasn't an issue but in version 1.1 with the addition of plugins it has > become one. > > My intention with plugins was not to force a particular licence on them. I > intended that the plugin developer could release their plugin under any > licence they wanted although only those under an OSI recognized open source > licence could be released through the SQuirreL project on SourceForge > (because of SourceForge rules). However according to the FAQ on the FSF site > http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins the viral nature of > the GPL means that all plugins have to be released under a GPL compatible > licence. > > In order to give "freedom of choice" to the plugin developers I intend to > change the licence of SQuirrel to the LGPL from the next release 1.1beta2. > > If anybody has a problem with this change (or if they think it won't give > the required freedom to plugin developers) yell now. I don't want to change > the licence, find its still not correct and then have to change it again. > > Col > > > > _______________________________________________ > Squirrel-sql-develop mailing list > Squ...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrel-sql-develop > |
