Basically, the glade core is intended to serve as a library to edit glade files, making the glade core available under LGPL in my understanding will allow people to use that library in a commercial IDE,
It would do that, and that seems like a good reason not to change the license. Currently Glade gives an advantage to free IDEs: only they can use it. We want free IDEs to replace proprietary IDEs, and Glade will make this easier. Would it really benefit our community to negate that advantage? I don't think so. while modifying the core and redistributing it means that their modifications must also be distributed; Yes and no. The LGPL is not a strong copyleft. If they change the files they get from you, the LGPL will require them to release their changed versions of those files. But this will not stop proprietary extensions to Glade. They could change your code by adding calls to subroutines located in their own new files, and not release the source for those files. This too would be a step backward. I love seeing it in Anjuta, I would love to see it all over the place :) Wouldn't it be even better for free IDEs with Glade to replace the proprietary IDEs? As free software developers we naturally feel good to see our own programs in wider use. But what is really important is for free software to replace proprietary software. We can achieve more for freedom if we focus on the deeper and more important long-term goal. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list