Hi Chris What said problem would moving to GPL solve ? Shouldn't we hear atleast a couple of benefits that may be derived from moving to GPL ? Are there (GPL) projects that clojure would benefit from incorporating directly into the base language compiler and/or libraries ? What are they ? Are there people and communities waiting to contribute code who see CPL as a road block ?
Secondly, from the license point of view, which GPL would you advocate ? GPL V2 and GPL V3 are incompatible, unless the authors have given freedom to choose a later version when they released the code under GPL v2. Java has moved to GPL (with classpath exception), however would clojure benefit from JVM code ? Clojure is a language that targets the JVM/Java platform. The license of the platform is of same relevance as a license of OS (Linux/Windows/Solaris) has on license of code that is running on it, which to say is - none! Choice of venue for resolving infringement disputes is, imho, the thing that keeps the license relevant. It keeps the author in a position where he can defend himself or prosecute meaningfully, unless somehow you are rolling in cash and are okay with prosecuting someone in a court overseas in his hometown and not yours! Finally, would someone enlighten a project that derived significant benefits from moving from a non-GPL open source license to GPL. PS: And what is it about GPL fanbois telling everyone what to do with their code ? I don't see BSD/MIT/Apache/X11/CDDL/CPL camps go around poking everyone to switch just like what religious nuts were doing in medieval times. - Akhilesh On Nov 1, 10:33 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I am an open source programmer and fan of Clojure! > I wanted to express my concern about your wonderful language project > in the > hopes it may help it succeed even more. > > Are you really sure you want/need to use the Common Public License for > your > language? The biggest problem I see with this license is that it is > not > compatible with the GPL. This means a lot to many people and I would > hate to > see you have to wasted time with discussing license issues when a new > license > would avoid all these problems. > > You may find this article informative.... > > http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/gpl-compatible.html > > Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
