Re: Mozilla and Non-Copyleft Licensing

David Ascher <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:04:17 -0800

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On 2013-02-13, at 1:40 PM, Gervase Markham <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 13/02/13 21:10, Wraithan (Chris McDonald) wrote:
>> Can't say I am keen on this. we are taking away the ability for us to
>> license things to fit into the community they are being built for? BSD
>> being the way of the vast majority of python/django projects. 
> 
> It would be great if you could help us understand why Apache (which is,
> in legal effect, BSD with a patent clause) is unacceptable to that
> community.

Indeed, it may just be a matter of education.  Maybe reaching out to someone who speaks with authority in the Django world would elucidate the question.

--da