On jeudi 16 mars 2017 09:48:44 CET Bas Couwenberg wrote: > On 2017-03-16 09:42, Sandro Santilli wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 09:41:12AM +0100, Bas Couwenberg wrote: > >> On 2017-03-16 09:38, Sandro Santilli wrote: > >> >I don't know why JTS copyright holders wanted to "eclipse" their > >> >license... > >> > >> IIRC LocationTech requires projects under its umbrella to use > >> permissive > >> licenses to be more business friendly. > > > > We can see it's not being that friendly to our "business", is it ? > > Correct. But it is more friendly to GPL averse big businesses like Apple > and co. While Apple is not a member of LocationTech, Google and Oracle > are and there are also not know to be fond of copyleft licenses.
What would be the problem of GEOS incorporating EPL derived code ? EPL is not incompatible with LGPL, is it ? GEOS could be a mix of LGPL + EPL, couldn't it ? People would have to respect the requirements of both licences. Even -- Spatialys - Geospatial professional services http://www.spatialys.com
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