On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:08:26 +0100 Tom Hacohen <t...@osg.samsung.com> wrote:
> On 02/06/15 00:22, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:39:16 +0100 Tom Hacohen > > <t...@osg.samsung.com> said: > > > >> On 01/06/15 14:33, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>> Hi guys, > >>> > >>> In EDI I have packaged a clone of the skeleton project (so you > >>> don't have to be online to use the feature) and made a few small > >>> improvements. Today it was pointed out to me that it is GPLv2/3 > >>> licensed which is not very helpful to people wanting to use it. > >>> > >>> https://git.enlightenment.org/tools/skeleton.git > >>> > >>> My intent is to move this to BSD - does anyone have objections to > >>> this plan? Specifically I need a response from Cedric, Jérémy and > >>> Tom who have contributed to this project over the last 18 months. > >>> > >>> I have already changed elm_code to LGPL expecting it's inclusion > >>> into EFL or Elementary and I will look at the license of EDI > >>> itself later. > >> > >> I'm in favour of moving it to BSD. As I said on IRC, it's crazy it > >> was created as GPL in the first place. > > > > i might even argue that skeletons should be "public domain" maybe? > > basically provide zero worries on license of an app you start > > making with edi - license choice is yours totally. that'd be the > > "right way" at least for core/common templates. perhaps very > > large/complex ones might come with more involved licenses... but > > the basic stuff... public domain. > > > > The problem with public domain is that it doesn't hold in all > jurisdictions. > > Anyhow, I renounce any copyright claims over the code in that repo. I > assign all rights to the public domain, and in jurisdictions who > don't allow that, I freely allow anyone to use it under the terms of > the BSD license. Rob Landley is using a modified BSD license that is essentially as close as you can get to public domain and still have a license. At least that was his goal. http://landley.net/code/toybox/license.html -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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