Heya, On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 02:07:04PM -0500, kevin brintnall wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Florian Forster <[email protected] > > wrote: > > I would like to open up the rrdcached client interface so it can be used > > from non-GPL applications.
Just out of curiosity: Do you have any specific use-case in mind? Since the client interface is compiled into librrd (which makes that combined work subject to terms of the GPL), a user could not make use of librrd but would rather have to include rrd_client.[ch] in her own source tree. > > For that I would like to re-license the two files > > > > src/rrd_client.h and > > src/rrd_client.c > > > > to a more permissible license. I was thinking about using the MIT > > license or the LGPL "2.1 or later". > > > > As far as I see, you two are the only other copyright holders on those > > files [0]. Would a license change be okay for you? If so, which license > > do you prefer? > I favor: > > 2-clause BSD > MIT Both, the LGPL (2.1+) or (2-clause) BSD/MIT license, would be fine for me, while I somewhat prefer a BSD style license over the LGPL. Cheers, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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