Jorge wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I dont pretend to start a flamewar, if you do, please dont answer this
> thread.The thing is that right now, the EFL has arrived to a place
> where different companies are using this software, and several of us
> are working on a company using the efl (raster, gustavo, cedric, me,
> anyone else?).
>
> >From a closed source company POV, BSD license is great because they
> dont need to give us anything back (fancypants example?); but for
> companies that do want to build an opensource initiative based on the
> EFL, BSD is not so great, because their code can be stolen from
> others; so whats your opinion on this? how to achieve an open source
>
They're not 'stealing' anything. The code was given to them to do with
as they see fit under the terms allowed by the license. And in the case of a
BSD/MIT style license they can use it directly or indirectly (among other
things)
but aren't required to contribute back anything, or make original source or any
changes available to anyone if they so choose.
Many companies and many individuals thus believe these licenses to be
unacceptable as a target for serious public/community contribution, each for
their reasons. It's certainly not a license I feel fully comfortable with.
> compromise and still be able to use EFL and develop for it?. In my
> opinion building a company around BSD license is not an option for the
> market, but GPL'ing libraries is not good as it leaves all the BSD ppl
> away, maybe LGPL?
>
> Thanks
>
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