Re: Licensing Statistics (2001-09-08)

[Ben Bucksch]

Ian Hickson wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Ben Bucksch wrote:
>
>>Ian Hickson wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a need (real or perceived) for Mozilla code to be
>>>distributable as an LGPL library?
>>>
>>Yes, for the same reason as to use it under GPL terms: In order to use 
>>it in LGPL projects.
>>
>Why do we care about LGPL projects and not, say, projects using the
>original BSD license, the Apache license, the Zope license, the IBM public
>license, the Qt public license, the Sun Industry Standards Source License,
>etc, etc, etc?
>
Are all of those accepted Open Source licenses? (esp. teh sun one.) If 
so, are they incompatible with the MPL in the sense that you cannot make 
a project out of source with mixed licenses? Even if so, they are not 
used as widely as thee LGPL.

For the record, the original BSD license (with advertizing clause) is 
now practically equvivalent to the new BSD license, to my understanding. 
IIRC, Mozilla even uses such source code.