Re: Relicensing of src/rrd_client.[ch]
Tobias Oetiker <[email protected]>
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Today Tobias Oetiker wrote: > Hi All, > > Today kevin brintnall wrote: > > > I favor: > > > > 2-clause BSD > > MIT > > > > I'd be interested to hear Tobi's view on the subject. > > Having other apps accessing rrdtool functionality through some kind > of defined API is fine with me ... I have not chosen the LGPL the > the whole project because I think it tends to blur the lines too > much ... iiks too many errors ... rrdcached interface seems a simple and clear interface/api to me. If a license change for rrd_client.c helps more tools using it, this is all the better in my eyes. > Florian, can you share the motivation behind the licensing change ? > > cheers > tobi > > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Florian Forster <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Kevin and Sebastian, > > > > > > I would like to open up the rrdcached client interface so it can be used > > > from non-GPL applications. For that I would like to re-license the two > > > files > > > > > > src/rrd_client.h and > > > src/rrd_client.c > > > > > > to a more permissible license. I was thinking about using the MIT > > > license or the LGPL "2.1 or later". > > > > > > As far as I see, you two are the only other copyright holders on those > > > files [0]. Would a license change be okay for you? If so, which license > > > do you prefer? > > > > > > Regards, > > > ?octo > > > > > > [0] It is kind of hard to tell because SVN doesn't differentiate between > > > author and committer. The mail goes to the mailing list as well, so > > > if I missed a contribution please speak up! The files list me as the > > > sole copyright holder which I believe is outdated. > > > -- > > > Florian octo Forster > > > Hacker in training > > > GnuPG: 0x91523C3D > > > http://verplant.org/ > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFLu4SeHdggu3Q05IYRAgkSAJ9e4PkMIxBpoAVs56r2T/Qmpd6+cwCgmK3H > > > gEWvpZ9RBIsE7cVL1WZGMvQ= > > > =sZ5r > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland http://it.oetiker.ch [email protected] ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900