Thomas wrote:
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On Sunday 28 March 2004 18:41, you wrote:
Is the Apache licence considered Free for you guys (I'm really an open source programmer, not a free-software one..).
Yes, it certainly is a Free Software license. But it is currently not compatible with the GPL. ... we don't really recommend releasing and/or combining larger works under the Apache license.
For my puposes the GPL is too viral. Java is quickly becoming the choice of big companies for their apps; and GPL is almost never a correct licence for code from companies. LGPL would be, if it would be fixed by the FSF to be 'compatible' with Java..
GNU Classpath uses GPL+special-linking-exception which protects the core code base by GPL while allowing creation of derived works without being necessarily bound by the GPL. I think it's better than LGPL at that, since the LGPL is very specific when it talks about linking mechanisms, whereas the GPL uses more generic, copyright terms.
So I think GPL + linking exception is a very nice license for library code, and a better one than the LGPL.
cheers, dalibor topic
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