For the record: +1 Tim
Paul Spencer wrote: > +1 Paul > > On 9-Oct-07, at 12:53 PM, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > >> During the FOSS4G conference, the available members of the PSC sat >> down >> with our incubation mentor (Howard Butler) and Frank Warmadam, >> president >> of OSGeo, to discuss completing OSGeo incubation of OpenLayers. >> >> It was decided that the easiest path forward for all involved would be >> to change the license on all OpenLayers materials -- including all >> future releases -- to be licensed under the license that MetaCarta has >> been calling the 'Clear BSD'. The Clear BSD is essentially the BSD >> license, with an extra clause that states that no patent rights are >> granted with the license. >> >> In the past, we had posted to the dev/users lists about changing the >> repository license from the MetaCarta-specific one to the Clear BSD. >> (This had been discussed internally on the PSC list, then made >> public.) >> Now, we are having the same discussion, but instead of changing >> just the >> repository license, we are proposing to change the release license as >> well. >> >> Changing this license will allow us to remove all MetaCarta-specific >> aspects of the release process. It has no (known) change in the actual >> licensing restrictions. Changing the release process allows us to >> proceed with OSGeo incubation. >> >> As a reminder, for those who haven't been paying attention, an >> explanation of MetaCarta's need for the "Clear BSD" license is >> available >> from http://labs.metacarta.com/license-explanation.html , and has (in >> bold) the changes in the license text. (They're pretty minor.) >> >> This RFC is a request for any comments on the intention to change, for >> all future releases of OpenLayers, the release license to be the Clear >> BSD license, and (since the repository license will then be the same) >> to thereafter refer to it only as the "Clear BSD" license in the code, >> docs, etc. >> >> I am in favor (+1) of making this change as soon as the 2.5 release is >> out, making 2.5 the last release shipped under the official BSD >> license, >> and at that time making the previously proposed changes to the SVN >> layout in order to take into account the licensing change. >> >> (PSC Members: I know we voted on this on the PSC list, but I'd like to >> have a public vote as part of our goal of moving PSC list >> discussions to >> the public view, so even if you feel like you voted, please vote again >> :)) >> >> Regards, >> -- >> Christopher Schmidt >> MetaCarta >> _______________________________________________ >> Dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Paul Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Chief Technology Officer | > |DM Solutions Group Inc http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > !DSPAM:4033,470bb3b2159413668746562! > _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
