http://neuroimaging.scipy.org/site/doc/manual/html/faq/johns_bsd_pitch.html: > Many people choose the GPL when releasing a package because it is the most > famous open source license, and did not consider issues such as those raised > here when choosing a license.
Alan, Thank you for your comment. I think I will release diagram_cl as my first MIT project :-) Hope that it finds some users then. Also, I consider switching to MIT license completely. In fact, I like it much more, it's shorter, more concise, and you can use my software ... I'm not shure whether someone can release software under GPL incorporating MIT licensed software? Otherwise I would release under dual license. Friedrich 2010/2/24 Alan G Isaac <alan.is...@gmail.com>: > On 2/24/2010 2:36 AM, Friedrich Romstedt wrote: >> Can you explain to me why you are so restrictive about GPLed code? I >> mean, it's all OSS? > > > The licenses are very different: BSD (and MIT) do not impose a viral > copyleft. This is why Python is not GPL, nor is NumPy or Matplotlib. > People writing code under BSD-like licenses must carefully avoid viral > infection from GPL'd code. > > Second, while John Hunter's views are not identical to mine, he > makes a collection of important points about licensing here: > http://neuroimaging.scipy.org/site/doc/manual/html/faq/johns_bsd_pitch.html > I'm going to treat John's note as enough of an answer to your question > unless you want more discussion. > > Naturally, since you wrote the code, you get to choose the license, and > your choice is obviously none of my business. Hopefully that goes > without saying, but I'll say it to avoid misunderstanding. > > >> Did you notice that it is not an example but an independent standalone >> package? I'm not shure about this because you always talk about >> "example". But maybe the summary is way too long, though ... > > Since you posted this on Matplotlib, I assumed you wanted people to be > able to look at how you did it, not just use it. I am not diminishing > the application by saying it looks to be a nice example of how to embded > Matplotlib in Tk. If it were BSD-licensed I would probably get around > to looking at your code. > > Alan Isaac ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
