Luxor is Dual-Licensed (GPL + Commercial License)

Gerald Bauer <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:04:24 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.luxor-xul.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

> On the home page, it says XUL is GPL
> ...
> On this sourceforge page, it says the Luxor license 
> is Apache 2
 
  Sorry for the confusion. Luxor is dual licensed,
that is, Luxor is available for free under the GNU
GPL. If the GPL rules don't work for you, you're more
than welcome to get a classic license.

  Note, that if you contribute you will get a "free"
classic license that frees you from the GNU GPL
share-alike clause.

  We (the core Luxor developers) canceled the Apache
2.0 license switch over because with no sponsor behind
Luxor the free-for-all license would kill the project.


  So far all promises by companies using Luxor in
production to get involved and contribute back were
just empty promises. Even after offering to switch the
license to an Apache 2.0 license they showed no
interest and instead they continue to violate the GPL
share-alike clause and enjoy a free ride abusing other
people's goodwill.

  - Gerald


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