Re: License policy and Apache

El Dijous, 13 de desembre de 2012, a les 11:39:41, Mirko Boehm va escriure:
> On Dec 13, 2012, at 10:48, Sune Vuorela <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> With that in mind, there is no reason not to accept Apache if we accept =
> >> BSD. What do you guys think?
> > 
> > Currently we have been aiming for gplv2+ compatibility in all
> > application code, which the mit/x11/3-clause-bsd licenses all fulfill.
> > 
> > I like that we stay gplv2+ compatbile.
> 
> Just wondering what the point of that is for new application code?

The story we've been telling is that having an uniform license let's you 
copy&paste code/ideas around without having to worry if licenses are 
compatible because we are mostly gpl2+.

Actually if you read the licensing guidelines we do *not* accept gplv3[+]-only 
code.

Cheers,
  Albert


> 
> When reusing application code in frameworks, I assume we would relicense it
> under LGPL. AFAIK, Apache allows for that.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mirko.