Radovan Semancik wrote:
On 09/18/2017 06:25 PM, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
Numerous projects have BSD-style licenses, this isn't OpenLDAP specific. So
yes, you should already have a legal team, if that's necessary in your case,
that's familiar with dealing with FOSS licenses, to review them.
Not really. Not that many any more. But in fact I try to avoid using such
projects. Certainly I do not consider contributions into these. I think that
is not worth the effort. Unfortunately, I have to conclude that OpenLDAP
project seems to confirm my assumption.
The OpenLDAP license has been in use in its present form since 2003. It has
certainly stood the test of time, which is something many other licenses
cannot claim. Relicensing all of the code would be a non-trivial effort, as well.
Basically everything you've posted amounts to "why doesn't this project that
has been running for 19 years not conform to my newbie expectations?" It is
not the community's obligation to conform to newcomers' expectations. It's the
newcomer's obligation to observe existing community policies. That's true in
all communities, not just open source.
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