Any specific reasons for choosing Apache, as opposed to BSD (or even MIT)? On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Jimmy Schementi < jimmy.scheme...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> As you probably know, IronRuby is currently licensed under the Microsoft > Public License (http://opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl.html). Occasionally > we hear feedback, questions, and a general lack of familiarity about the > license that IronRuby uses. In several instances, users ask why IronRuby > doesn't use a more popular license. We are therefore considering switching > our license to a well-known open-source license; specifically the Apache > License, Version 2.0 (http://opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php). > However, the pieces of IronRuby which are licensed under CPL and the Ruby > license will not change (pieces from MRI which IronRuby redistributes, and > YAML). > > We'd like to hear your feedback before we make any decisions. Do you think > adopting a more popular license, such as the Apache License, would be a good > change for IronRuby? > > ~Jimmy > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core >
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