Serge Knystautas wrote: > http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t18589.html > > Changes from GPL -> ASL 2.0 with the next release. The licensing shift is interesting in an of itself (to me), but also might of interest to ASF projects that may have avoided using it because of licensing restrictions. > Where it started... https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/izpack-devel/2005-April/000998.html
Pats on the back to a couple of Apache committers Vincent and Trygve for discussing this with those who were writing the Maven plugin for IzPack. I've generally had a lot of luck asking projects to relicense (especially one-man-team types as getting approval is obviously easier :) I think a first instinct for a lot of people is to go for GPL because it feels "safe", but generally once they understand the issues and pros and cons of each, it's not a big deal to them. If anyone is ever unable to use something because of a restrictive license, I'd encourage asking the question of the developers about switching (unless you're talking about something massive or with uncontactable contributors). Cheers, Brett --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
