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/
