Re: Yikes! License problem with SE library classes.

I wrote:

> ... the SmartEiffel library license is not GPL-compatible (for
> >example, it imposes a requirement that a change log must be added).

Cyril Adrian wrote:
> Would removing this requirement be enough?

Presumably the phrase "provided this header is kept unaltered" also has
to go, because the header is not be kept unaltered in the generated C
code.

> You know why the library is not GPL'ed: we want our product to be
> available *both* for open source projects and industrial projects.

For that reason, the SmartEiffel libraries should be under a very
permissive license.

Frederic Merizen wrote:
> Why not just use permissive, gpl-compatible license ? The 
> MIT/X license
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html ...

The MIT/X license would be excellent because:

(1) It's obvious that it's problem-free.
(2) It's well-known.

The Eiffel Forum License version 2 is fine too, but it's not well known
outside of the Eiffel community.

Regards,
Roger