+0,5 for Apache +1 for MIT or BSD On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Jeff Lewis <jdle...@xactware.com> wrote: > Apache would be wonderful! BSD or MIT would be even better. > > > > From: ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org > [mailto:ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rendle > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 5:13 AM > To: ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] License change? > > > > 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 > > > > Join our mailing list and stay current on our products and services designed > to build your business – visit http://www.xactware.com/mailinglist > > ________________________________ > This email is intended solely for the recipient. It may contain privileged, > proprietary or confidential information or material. If you are not the > intended recipient, please delete this email and any attachments and notify > the sender of the error. > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > >
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