Hi All, If the GPL is used, a company developing ArgoUML extensions as modules would not be free to license the modules as they wish. They must also use the GPL. And this can discourage commercial use. See:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-java.html Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Christian López Espínola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 1:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [argouml-dev] License issue > That suggestion was from Roy, not me. I was pointing out why it > doesn't work from a practical point of view. Sorry for the confusion. > My first choice is EPL, but I'd be willing to discuss LGPL (which I > see as largely equivalent in how it divides the rights). I think GPL > swings the balance too far the other way. > > I agree that the decision should be definitive and cover the foreseeable > future. One last thing: if I'm not wrong, some points for not chosing the GPL that have been discussed in this thread were about companies that develop extensions for ArgoUML. If I'm not confused, if this extensions are done as modules, they could license them as they want. And with this discussion, a question comes to my mind. If we reach no consensus, has ArgoUML stablished a way for voting? -- Regards, Christian López Espínola --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
