Re: Re: AW: License proposal (Summary)

Christian Cryder <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2. Our basic options (at least those we know will work with
> ObjectWeb) are BSD and LGPL. And I think both of those are reasonably
> safe solutions.

First I want to say that I dosn't want to start a new huge discussion but I
would strongly recommend to take another licence into account, the Apache
Licence. Why? First it is also very common and very equal to BSD. Second it
addresses another aspect which I neither found in BSD nor LGPL (correct me
if I'm wrong): The licence would protect the integrity and use of the name
Barracuda. In my opinion this is also an argument against subversion in
derivates.
The second point which I want to recommend (irrespective of the licence
discussion) is to establish a "Contributor License Agreement" like the one
existing in Apache Software Foundation, see
http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas. Reason (copyed from ASF): "The purpose
of this agreement is to clearly define the terms under which intellectual
property has been contributed to the ASF and thereby allow us to defend the
project should there be a legal dispute regarding the software at some
future time."

I hope nobody interprets me wrong. I'm not a Apache evangelist, I only think
that they are very modern and sophisticated concerning licence topics.


Regards,
Thorsten