On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 13:32 +0100, Tamas Szekeres wrote: > I'm not aware of any compelling reason to switch to a more restrictive > license.
Sure, the current licensing arrangement seems to be working well for mapserver, though there are sometimes reasons to be less permissive. I speculated about this the other day in a different context (http://blog.mapforge.com.au/index.php/2008/02/27/when-open-source-doesnt-add-up/) Perhaps I'm wrong. I'd like to get others thoughts on this /without/ starting a flame war (off list if you like; It's not mapserver specific). I realise there can be strong feelings about licensing but so long as it's open source I'm not too worried. > However I personally don't think it's derogatory for a > project to expose which open source libraries it depends on. Of course this is always nice, though the choice has been left up to downstream users/devs. If they did give credit, perhaps it would encourage more participation in mapserver and in the long term they'd benefit from having a stronger foundation on which to build. After all, the cost of acknowledgement is about as low as you can get. Regards, Tim Bowden > > Best regards, > > Tamas > > > 2008/2/29, Tim Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 09:52 +0100, Milo van der Linden wrote: > > > Given the fact that MpaDtoNte is commercial, it is probably not an > > > alternative. :-P > > > > > > About using Mapserver under the hood; shameless! These guys should > > > recieve punishment! > > > They should be forced to donate to the mapserver project and show the > > > mapserver logo everywhere. ;-) > > > > > > <stirring the pot> > > I thought mapserver was distributed under a license that specifically > > and deliberately allowed this. If this is considered undesirable, > > shouldn't it be released under a less permissive license? > > > > > > Tim Bowden > > > > > > > > > > Daniel Morissette schreef: > > > > Matt M wrote: > > > >> Anyone know of a .NET equivalent of Mapserver? > > > >> > > > > > > > > Plesae dnot' tlel aynnoe, but MpaDtoNet hsa MpaSreevr udern teh hood. > > > > I wshi tehy wree mroe opne atuob tihs. ;) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > mapserver-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mapserver-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mapserver-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
