RE: open source license question

Hi Alexey,

Open source licensing discussions often spiral into religious wars, but here
is my take - I usually use LGPL for projects because it allows the code to
be used and enhanced by a wider audience (people working on commercial
software.)  I don't necessarily care if people using my library are writing
unrelated code under a different license, and I don't particularly like the
GPLs purist approach.

Cheers,
Daniel Leuck
Ikayzo
http://www.ikayzo.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: beanshell-developers-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org [mailto:beanshell-
> developers-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Alexey Zinger
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:57 AM
> To: beanshell-developers-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> Subject: [Beanshell-dev] open source license question
> 
> This is directed to anyone who's had some experience with licensing OS
> software, particularly BeanShell-based.  I've been working on and off on a
> personal project of mine -- a Java spreadsheet, which uses BeanShell for
> expression evaluation.  I originally licensed it under GPL and it hasn't
> been
> an issue, but I've always gone back and forth in my mind whether it should
> be
> LGPL, like BeanShell itself.
> 
> I suppose the logical question to ask is what the intentions are behind
> the
> project.  I'm not trying to create a hit, though if some consulting came
> out of
> it, or I was able to leverage it at work, as I have in the past, I
> wouldn't
> have a problem with it.  It basically grew out of some of my own
tinkering,
> as
> many such projects do I'm sure.  Once I saw significant advantages to it,
> I
> decided to put it out-there, as much to make it useful for others as to
> let it
> be hosted somewhere where I didn't have to worry it, so I put it on
> Sourceforge
> under GPL.
> 
> At this time, I'm gearing up to sneak in a few bug fixes and some missing
> features and call it an honest 1.0 relese.  Seems like a good time to
> revisit
> the license question.  Any recommendations?
> 
> Alexey
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