Re: Re: FW: Re: Proprietary Modules and GPL API (from postnuke devel list)

Chris Dudley Wrote:

> So we have decided not to proceed further down that path at this 
time.
> Xaraya will stay GPL.

Excellent :)

> This is the process that the Apache Foundation uses. It ensures that 
the
> Xaraya community has the power to handle the code as it sees fit. 
Note
> its a non-exclusive license so the author would have the right to do
> whatever else they want to their submissions - make them available
> elsewhere, sell them under a different license or whatever. It also
> gives both Xaraya the product and the individual developers greater
> legal protection.

The only problem is Apache sponsors Open Source and GPL is not. I 
think we're confusing the Open Source and the Free Software movement 
(GPL). From my understanding you can't take something under the GPL 
and modify it as Open Source by definition.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html  

Greg