Re: Digest Number 3025

Nenad:

Yes. There are valid concern with CPL. We didn't realize that WTL hasn't
change for so long!

CPL was official deprecated awhile ago.  So it is probably not going to go
well with companies care about license status. License author of CPL
replaced it with EPL. The main change is removal of the patent retaliation
in CPL besides cosmetic changes per FSF.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#EPL

Another Microsoft open source project WiX decided a while ago to go from
CPL to MS-RL instead
http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/8/20/the-wix-toolset-license/

It is probably best keep the CPL for a period so that companies and
development teams already using don't get the rude awakening by a sudden
change they don't have control. Then layout the transition plan and hear it
from the community about choices. The owner and contributors surely have
the final say.

Liyu

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

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> 1a. Re: Licensing for WTL 9.0?
>     From: Nenad Stefanović
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> 1a. Re: Licensing for WTL 9.0?
>     Posted by: "Nenad Stefanović" [email protected] nenad_stefanovic
>     Date: Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:30 am ((PST))
>
> Hi Jed,
>
> Thanks!
>
> Since WTL is not distributed by MS any more, I thought that we can continue
> using just CPL on SourceForge. We can still use MS-PL, if needed.
>
> Is there any specific issue why you are asking this? I would be interested
> to hear it.
>
> Cheers,
> Nenad
>
> p.s. I don't know what was the problem with posting - even this one
> appeared after 4 days.
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:25 PM, jb_ni_dev-/[email protected] [wtl] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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> > Hello,
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> >
> > Congratulations again on the release of WTL 9.0.
> >
> >
> > I have a question about licensing:  Is WTL 9.0 distributed under both the
> > Microsoft Public License (MS-PL) and the Common Public License (CPL) as
> > older versions were?  The Sourceforge download page references only the
> > CPL.  The Wikipedia page has been updated to state the latest stable
> > release is 9.0, and still references both the MS-PL and CPL, but this
> does
> > not strike me as definitive.
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
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> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> >
> > Jed
> >
> >
> > PS.  I attempted to post this a little while back, but it does not seem
> to
> > have worked, so I am trying again. Apologies if it ends up doubled.
> >
> >
> >
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