OK... I'm new to open source, and I have need for some guidance in licensing. I don't want to start a long off-topic thread here, but I haven't released the source for this project to anyone, and the choice of license is complicated by a number of factors, including my own ambivalence.
If there's anyone here who isn't an advocate of a particular license, and can see practical reasons to choose either, say, GPL or BSD licenses, and is willing to provide me with some guidance, please email me off-list. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Chris DiBona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's not the case. Though the act of distribution, you incur more > responsibility than just through use. There are also conflicts amongst > different linking methods, too. This isn't clear cut. What -is- clear > cut is that to host it on code.google.com it needs to be open source > and the required library isn't... > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:35 PM, StefanKueng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Dec 3, 3:41 am, Ben Collins-Sussman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:34 PM, John Stoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> > I have an open-source, GPL-licensed project. I am considering hosting > >> > with Google Code. My code has a dependency on a closed-source library. > >> > The author of that library is ok with me redistributing his object > >> > file, but is unwilling to make his source available. Can I include his > >> > jar with my code on Google Code? > >> > >> You have a bigger problem: if you have a GPL'd piece of software that > >> links to something else, that "something else" must *also* be GPL'ed > >> as well. (This is what some people call the 'viral' nature of GPL.) > >> GPL software isn't allowed to depend on non-opensourced (specifically, > >> non-GPL-compatible) software. You'll either need to persuade the > >> author to opensource his library, or stop depending on it and find > >> some other compatible substitute. Until that happens, it's against > >> the Google Code Terms of Service to host non-open-source code... you > >> won't be allowed to include this jar. > > > > Are you sure? Isn't it the other way around? non-open-source code must > > not use GPL'd code (that's the viral part). But GPL software can use > > libs that aren't even open source (no matter what license). > > > > Otherwise there would be no GPL software allowed to run on Windows, or > > GPL'd plugins for e.g., iTunes :) > > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > -- > Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. > Google's Open Source and Developer programs can be found at > http://code.google.com > Personal Site and Weblog: http://dibona.com > > > > -- blog: http://www.generosity.org/stoner/ 'In knowledge is power, in wisdom, humility.' --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
