Hello! On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 02:23:24PM -0000, christopher baus wrote: >Niels,
>I want to release an HTTP library that is based on libevent under GPL, but >it is stated in many places that the original BSD license that you use is >incompatible with the GPL. I just want to confirm that this is your >intention, and if not ask if you would consider the revised BSD or MIT >licenses. >Otherwise, I might have to consider porting to another event distribution >library, and given the time I have invested with libevent, I really don't >want to do that. If I look at the file poll.c, for example, I see the *3*-clause BSD license, which has dropped exactly the one clause from the original 4-clause BSD license which was probably incompatible with the GPL (the so-called advertising clause). So I see no real problem, perhaps you feel prey to some FUD or outdated information. >Christopher Kind regards, Hannah. _______________________________________________ Libevent-users mailing list [email protected] http://monkey.org/mailman/listinfo/libevent-users
