On 06/14/2010 05:13 PM, Sebastian Benthall wrote:
> As we approach a 1.0 release, we are going to have to pick a license 
> for GeoNode.
>
> This has come up before, but wanted to raise the question again now 
> that we have a public thread.
>
> Any reason not to go with GPL?
>
> (The ideologue in me is tempted by AGPL but I don't predict that 
> flying well...)
>
> -- 
> Sebastian Benthall
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>
I believe shipping a modified GeoServer obligates us to use GPL 
(although it is only a REST extension, so LGPL might be okay.  I forget 
how that goes.)  Once we start hacking on the security system I think we 
are in pure-GPL territory.

AGPL may be an issue if we are encouraging GeoNode-using organizations 
to build custom apps on top of GeoNode, probably best not to *require* 
them to open up those sources.

--
David Winslow
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/


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