Folks, I have been thinking about how to adjust OSGeo4W in particular, and GDAL in general to make it easier to distribute software in a way that complies with the conflict between GPLed software and proprietary software.
In the case of OSGeo4W the main restrictions is that we should not be distributing GRASS in such a way that proprietary drivers like the MrSID driver can be used without the user having knowingly combined them by themselves. To that end, I have prepared an RFC which attempts to address this at the GDAL driver registration level. I'd appreciate feedback: http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/rfc34_license_policy Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [email protected] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
