If additional permissions are not allowed, LGPL would be the viable option. However, the LGPL version is not specified for Google code. I am not sure what that means legally as LGPL v2.1 is not fully compatible with LGPL v3 (you need to convert the license in some situations) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility The compatibility to other licenses also differs. For instance Apache license is compatible with LGPLv3 but not LGPLv2.1 http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
One theoretical option for me could be to license under GPLv3, then relicense the code with the added permission for use in the actual application (otherwise my plugin would be illegal to use, as the main application is proprietary). The problem would be that I cannot accept patches without additional permission from the submitter. Similarly, other users would need my permission to use the code. Also, the binary must be downloaded from somewhere where the code is relicensed. A download link by itself would not be illegal, but using the binary would be. It seems like I will have to notify some existing projects that the use of GPLv3 makes the binary unusable. Licensing is hard. Personally, I find it easier to work with fewer licenses, even if that means that exceptions must be used. Gerhard On Jul 27, 11:36 pm, Chris DiBona <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Is a exception to a license acceptable for Google Code? > > Usually not, as the license picker isn't subtle like that, and given > the way people would abuse it we are not incentivized to add such > subtleties. One would imagine that additional language that adds more > permissions would be unnotticed and fine, but one mans permission is > anothers restriction, so we generally do not like to see this kind of > thing going on. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
