This may help or maybe not, I am not very savvy on open source licensing

I just saw a re-post of one person I follow in some circles,

Here is the original

http://icorsaro.net/blog/2012/09/27/23-genuineopensource.html

Eduardo

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Alan Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> My thinking regarding the license is to follow the strategy which Neo4j
> and MongoDb follow - which is similar to the MySQL agreement:
>
> Each has a GPL-variant license and a contributor agreement which involves
> a copyright sharing arrangement.
>
>     Neo4j offers GPL for the base product, and AGPL for the advanced
> versions of their product.
>     MongoDb puts everything under the AGPL.
>     MySQL puts everything under the GPL -- and their situation was a
> motivation in creating the AGPL
>
> Here's info on Neo4j contributor agreement:
>     http://docs.neo4j.org/chunked/milestone/cla.html
> Here's info on the MongoDb contributor agreement
>     http://www.10gen.com/contributor
> Here's the MySQL contributor agreement
>     http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/oca-486395.html
>
>
> As you know, today, we don't have even a complete "basic" version.  I'm
> leaning towards favoring the Neo4j approach of having a basic capability
> which is available under the GPL, with "enterprise" versions falling under
> the AGPL.  Or I could just make it AGPL starting from today.
>
>
> Comments?
>
> --
>     Alan Robertson <[email protected]> <[email protected]> - @OSSAlanR
>
> "Openness is the foundation and preservative of friendship...  Let me claim 
> from you at all times your undisguised opinions." - William Wilberforce
>
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