Re: AW: License proposal

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 14:45, Iman Crawford wrote:

> James Carnegie wrote:
> > It is only concerned with distribution of code - it has nothing to do 
> > with copyright.
> 
> Copyright is all about distribution of code.  The LGPL is a license 
> given to others on how that can distribute that code.


I think we are beginning to argue about words.
Copyright is concerned with copying of the code, not distribution of a
library/app.
What I meant was the code can be copyrighted to anyone and still use the
LGPL.
The LGPL does not affect the copyright on source code. Copyright law is
separate. 
The LGPL is a license for the library itself and is concerned with
distribution/use - a separate issue.


> > With Barracuda's future in mind, and my company which uses it, I 
> > strongly recommend the LGPL!
> 
> I agree, LGPL is perfect for barracuda, unless ATMReports or someone 
> else want's to release a commercial version of barracuda.



Indeed. People releasing commercial versions of Barracuda would be bad for the code base IMHO.

James.