Hello, definitely: +1 to change the license
best regards Uli Am 10.07.2014 10:07, schrieb Christian Wygoda: > Hello steering committee, > > as you know Mapbender (2.x and 3) is dual licensed under GNU GPL and > simplified BSD license. In my opinion this is unneccecarily complicated, > as everybode should be allowed to use and enhance the software, even > with the freedom to not have to open-source their enhancements. While I > encourage everyone to participate fully open in the development process > I don't want to us to enforce it. > > So i would like to simplify the Mapbender3 licensing and suggest to > publish Mapbender3 exclusively under the MIT license [1]. > > We checked the licensing of the different modules and software we use > for Mapbender3 and found only MIT compatible licenses. You will find > list of the components and their licenses at the end of the email. I > also added some links to the different licenses. > > So i start a motion to change the license of Mapbender3 to MIT license > alone and ask the steering committee to vote until 25.07.2014. > > I therefore opt with +1 for the aforementioned proposal. > > Cheers, > Christan Wygoda - project chair > > Mapbender Components > =============== > symfony/symfony (MIT license) > doctrine/orm (MIT license) > doctrine/doctrine-bundle (MIT license) > twig/extensions (MIT license) > symfony/assetic-bundle (MIT license) > symfony/swiftmailer-bundle (MIT license) > symfony/monolog-bundle (MIT license) > sensio/distribution-bundle (MIT license) > sensio/framework-extra-bundle (MIT license) > sensio/generator-bundle (MIT license) > jms/security-extra-bundle (Apache License 2) > jms/di-extra-bundle (Apache License 2) > friendsofsymfony/jsrouting-bundle (MIT license) > kriswallsmith/buzz (MIT license) > doctrine/doctrine-fixtures-bundle (MIT license) > toooni/fpdf (Apache License 2) > arsgeografica/signing (LGPL) > OpenLayers (2-clause BSD License) > jQuery (MIT license) > jQuery UI (MIT license) > jQuery.blockUI (dual: MIT License/GPL) > MapQuery (MIT license) > Proj4JS (MIT license) > Backbone.js (MIT license) > Underscore.js (MIT license) > Codemirror (MIT license) > Font Awesome > * Fonts: (SIL Open Font License) > * Code: (MIT license) > Doctrine (LGPL) > > Links: > [1] MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT > [2] simified BSD/2-clause BSD: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause > [3] LGPL: http://opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license > [4] Apache license 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html > [5] SIL Open Font License: > http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL > -- ************************************** ----------------------------------- Aufwind durch Wissen! Qualifizierte OpenSource-Schulungen bei der www.foss-academy.eu ----------------------------------- ************************************** --------------------------------------- Ulrich Rothstein WhereGroup GmbH & Co. KG Eifelstraße 7 53119 Bonn Germany Fon: +49 (0)228 / 90 90 38 - 17 GSM: +49 (0)151 19168518 Fax: +49 (0)228 / 90 90 38 - 11 mailto:[email protected] www.wheregroup.com Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6788 ------------------------------- Komplementärin: WhereGroup Verwaltungs GmbH vertreten durch: Olaf Knopp, Peter Stamm --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Mapbender_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapbender_dev
