Re: Re: Re: AW: License proposal (Summary)
Xue-Feng Yang <[email protected]> Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:40:09 -0500 (EST)
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--- Thorsten_M?r <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. So if someone is only interested in the event model part, he/she must import the other part for his/her projects? >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 > > _______________________________________________ > Barracuda mailing list > [email protected] > http://barracudamvc.org/lists/listinfo/barracuda ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca