On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:10, Max Rabkin <max.rab...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:59, Jason Dagit <dag...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org> wrote: >>> >>> Are there any drawbacks to using the Apache license for Haskell >>> packages? >> >> I don't think so. It looks to be almost identical to using BSD3, which is >> already quite popular for haskellers. > > I would consider this, in itself, to be a small but significant > disadvantage. Anyone who uses Haskell is going to know (and probably > be comfortable with) the BSD3 license. If I find Apache-licensed code, > I now have to look that up, determine the differences between it and > BSD3, find out whether it's compatible with the GPL and BSD3. > > Basically, the cost of introducing *any* new license to a software > ecosystem is non-zero. Of course, a widespread license like Apache is > better than making up your own.
Yes, I agree with that, both points. The code is for a tool (not a library). In the past I'd just release it under GPL, but I thought I'd take a closer look at the Apache license, based on a discussion I had a few weeks ago. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe