Re: [xsrcg-devel] Licencing

[Adam B. <co...@di...>]

On Jun 19, 2004, at 03:58 AM, Max Noel wrote:

>
> Le 17 juin 2004, =E0 05:35, Adam Brown a =E9crit :
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>> A subject I have kind of been dreading to bring up, since it can push=20=

>> a lot of sensitive buttons in people, but it's something we'll need=20=

>> to address soon. Do you guys have any preferences or any particular=20=

>> licenses you dislike? I'll just come right out and say that I'm=20
>> partial to the BSD license. My history with FreeBSD and such has sort=20=

>> of brought me up under the BSD paradigm throughout my computing=20
>> career. I think there are better licenses than the GPL, which I'd=20
>> like to avoid. If anyone is dead set on a GPL-style license though,=20=

>> I'd consider the LGPL.
>>
>> If you're familiar with any other licenses or are partial to any one=20=

>> way or another, now is probably the time to get it worked out. :-)
>
> 	Well... I'm in favor of either the GPL, or the BSD license. =
Although=20
> the one thing that creeps me out with BSD is that unless I'm mistaken,=20=

> anyone is allowed to take our program, claim it as their own and sell=20=

> it as long as we're credited in the source code (which then no one=20
> will see), right?
> 	Not that I do expect anyone to do that, but you never know... =
So, I'm=20
> neutral on this one.
>

Well, with all of us in a kind 'neutral' stance on this, I think that=20
might give us time to investigate some of the other licenses that are=20
either not as restrictive as the GPL or not as free as the BSD and=20
maybe find something that fits our needs best.

As much as I love the BSD model, for our purposes it may not be the=20
best. Although, I don't really agree with the GPL. Jesse and I got a=20
chance to talk briefly on it and I think we came down to thinking=20
something along the lines of the LGPL or MPL. Something that keeps us=20
involved or aware of future derivative works, but doesn't restrict the=20=

use of the derivative work too terribly much.

Anyways, none of seems bent towards one license or another, so maybe we=20=

can just leave it for later when someone finds one that seems to fit us=20=

really well.

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Adam Brown
co...@di...