any consideration towards a dual licence or licence change?
Hi All, I have had a search through the archives and couldn't find much on this topic, though if there is a thread I have missed please point me in the right direction and accept my apologies. My primary question is has the project considered supporting the Apache 2.0 license (or similar)? We generally find this makes integration with other OSS projects a lot easier as its much less restrictive then GPL/LGPL which in turn attracts more folks, especially from corporate land. I understand that LGPL may have been chosen to ensure that the community is forced to release modifications back to the project, however we have personally found that this works equally as well with the Apache 2.0 license and removes the extra confusion (we are programmers after all not lawyers :) ). A change to Apache 2.0 or a dual license if it was felt needed would certainly get a big vote from myself. regards, Bradley -- Bradley Beddoes Lead Software Architect http://intient.com Intient - "Open Source, Open Standards"
Hi, Having not seen any traffic was there any consideration given to this? regards, Bradley Bradley Beddoes wrote:
Hi All, I have had a search through the archives and couldn't find much on this topic, though if there is a thread I have missed please point me in the right direction and accept my apologies.
My primary question is has the project considered supporting the Apache 2.0 license (or similar)? We generally find this makes integration with other OSS projects a lot easier as its much less restrictive then GPL/LGPL which in turn attracts more folks, especially from corporate land.
I understand that LGPL may have been chosen to ensure that the community is forced to release modifications back to the project, however we have personally found that this works equally as well with the Apache 2.0 license and removes the extra confusion (we are programmers after all not lawyers :) ).
A change to Apache 2.0 or a dual license if it was felt needed would certainly get a big vote from myself.
regards, Bradley
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