The proposal is here: - http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GSIP+37+-+GPL+plus+Classpath+Exception+for+Dispatch
However there is somethign that may help specifically because you are looking at WPS: - The WPS module today, is not complete (especially complex attributes) but it is started and is available for you to work on as a community module - the module makes use of the LGPL GeoTools library for the "ProcessFactory" interface that your company would need to implement their functionality against. With that in mind would your company be happy with the idea of bringing up the GPL Process community module to speed, while working your custom processes against the LGPL GeoTools library? Jody On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:36 PM, steven citron-pousty <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all: > I raised concerns about geoserver's GPL licensing on the IRC channel today. > Given the licensing terms for GPL I could not write a plugin for a WPS > service or their own OWS without having to share the source-code back to the > community. While I fully support having to share my source if I distribute > updates to the core geoserver architecture, I know my company would not > support use of geoserver if we had to share the source code for a plugin. > This would hinder my ability to use geoserver at my company, and I would > imagine many other consulting companies. > Jody mentioned GPL+Classpath exception and given the proposal I read this > seems to make sense. Other than that I might ask that you consider LGPL'ing > geoserver. I really want to use the product on projects here but other than > "out of the box" scenarios, I will not be able to use geoserver. > Thanks > Steve > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
