Re: AW: License proposal

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 09:56, Diez B. Roggisch wrote:

> > The only way to keep Barracuda truly free is by using the LGPL.  I think we
> > have to have clear reasons of why not to use it if we are to actually
> > choose a license other than LGPL.
> 
> I agree with this - there's a lot of LGPLed java stuff out there that isn't 
> rendered useless by its license. I have no deeper insight into the 
> motivations of the apache-group, but I can imagine that they like the idea of 
> having the opportunity to turn something into a commercial product - so 
> _they_ might have their troubles with LGPL.


I agree with this. A lawyer friend of mine had a look at the licenses
and agrees that the GPL and LGPL are concerned only with distribution.
In short:

    GPL: Open source forever, cannot be distributed with non GPL code
    LGPL: Open source forever, can be distributed with code under any
other license including GPL.
    BSD: Can be ripped off by anyone and then re-distributed under a
closed license.

The Free Software Foundation recommend transferring all copyright to
them.

my 2 cents,

James.