I would say that we should just leave the old code licensed under the old license (not change any prev. distribution that is). Then we will go forward with the new releases under the new license (since we are still pre-1.0). At this point the copyright holders number just a few. I feel like we should probably keep this number down, but above 1; we really need to keep good track of who these people are, and how to contact them just for these types of reasons.
As for libs that are gpl'd, I think we can get around this. It just means we need to remove it from the dist and require a sep download from the real source. There are a few other small changes so we don't step over our license boundaries, but I think it manageable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [nant-dev] NAnt and Ant (was: Ready to tackle next release) > > > Well, to be honest : I don't have a clue ... That's perhaps why we're still > > stuck with the GPL license :-) > > I am pretty sure the copyright holder can do whatever they want, so long as > they aren't bound to the gpl by other source code or libraries in the > application. NAnt may be bound to the gpl because of things like the > sharpcvslib. There's also the issue of source code that may have been copied. > Does anybody know where all the source comes from? > > > > > I did have a quick look at the licensing stuff, and to me it seems like a > > BSD-style license is the most open license ... > > I would summarize it as "do want you want with this code, and you can't sue me" > with an unwritten correlary of "I don't want your crummy enhancements to my > code". It is definately my preference to use BSD or Apache licenses. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ nant-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers
