Whoops, sorry Jens you're absolutely correct. I did a lot of reading of licenses a while back when i was trying to work out which was the best for my component set, and i just remember the apache and mpl were closest to my needs. But my boss wasn't comfortable with the 'openess' of the apache license, which is why we ended up settling for MPL

On 4/5/06, Jens Halm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> IMHO i would discount LGPL altogether, and go for one of the
> better written licenses such as apache or MPL, both of which allow
> the use of libraries in commercial (closed source) applications, but
> prohibit the extension of such libraries unless the extensions carry
> the same open source license, thus protecting the 'open sourceness'
> of the library.

That's not accurate. While MPL seems in fact to be similar to LGPL,
the Apache license is very different in that it includes almost no
restrictions on the usage of the code. You don't have to release the
code of Apache licensed software that you modify.


Jens



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