First off -- I'm not a lawyer. I need say that before answering this sort
of question. :) So, what follows is my general understanding of the code
license.
When you develop a 3rd party extension, you can choose to release your own
code under your own license (assuming your extension is not re-distributing
existing DSpace code). However, if you want your extension to eventually
become a part of out-of-the-box DSpace, it would eventually need to use the
same license as all other DSpace code. But, if that is not a concern of
yours, than you really can choose whatever license you want for your own
code.
*However*, as the license says explicitly, you cannot change the license of
existing DSpace source code. So, you cannot redistribute any existing code
under a different license, but you *can* redistribute it assuming it is
using the same license.
http://www.dspace.org/license/
I hope that helps,
- Tim
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Hayden Young <[email protected]>wrote:
> We are carrying out some custom development on our DSpace installation
> and I would like to confirm some open source licensing issues:
>
> It is my understanding that if I wish to license changes to any core
> development I need to choose either the BSD license or a BSD-compatible
> license. However, if I develop a 3rd party extension, I can license it
> under the Gnu GPL. Is this correct or do I need to adopt the
> BSD-compatible license for my 3rd party extension as well? What is the
> impact if my extension uses the DSpace API?
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Hayden
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