Dear Sergey, Sorry for resurrecting this old thread that I have just discovered. First of all, I would of course like to thank you for your work on Mongoose, that is an especially useful project.
I am the author of Orthanc, an open-source, lightweight DICOM server for medical imaging [1]. Orthanc provides a RESTful API for hospitals to automate their medical imaging flows. For this reason, Orthanc embeds libmongoose. I personally have no problem with the GPL, as Orthanc is itself GPLv3+ licensed. However, I now face a huge problem with the GPLv2 license you have chosen for libmongoose > 3.8. Indeed, GPLv2 is incompatible with GPLv3 [2]. This implies that Orthanc cannot benefit from recent updates of Mongoose without breaking your licensing terms. For this reason, I will ultimately have to switch from Mongoose to another embedded Web server engine. Would it be possible for you to consider using GPLv2+ instead of GPLv2? This would allow other open-source projects that are licensed with GPLv3 or GPLv3+ (such as Orthanc) to internally use Mongoose [3]. Thanks again, Sébastien- [1] http://www.orthanc-server.com/index.php [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_compatibility#GPL_compatibility [3] http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html Le jeudi 15 août 2013 10:57:53 UTC+2, Sergey Lyubka a écrit : > > Hi mongoose users! > > It is 9 years since I've started working on mongoose. Now it got to the > point when project requires attention that exceeds free-time capacity of a > single person (myself). I have decided to back mongoose by a company. I've > started Cesanta Software <http://cesanta.com> and set the following goals: > > o enhance mongoose embedding capabilities (e.g., provide OS API > abstraction akin to Sqlite) > o enhance Lua API > o enhance Websocket support > o enhance testing > o enhance HTTP client > o provide fast response to issues > o provide technical support with SLA > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-level_agreement> > o build a strong team of full- and part-time mongoose developers > > Mongoose continues to be open source, and changes it's license from MIT to > dual license: > o for non-commercial use, Mongoose continues to be free, available > under GPL v.2 license > o businesses must get a standard commercial license > > I would be happy to answer any questions. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mongoose-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mongoose-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mongoose-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mongoose-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
