Re: LDAP C SDK 5.0 MPL/GPL
Michael Hein wrote: Do you mind posting the dual MPL/BSD you used the more I learn about GPL this seems quite attractive You can find it at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html Another example is (see question 1) http://xmlsoft.org/FAQ.html Daniel Veditz raises the question about a BSD-like license being too permissive, and indeed it is. I am also convinced that it will spark discussions as Daniel mentions. However, the experience from the two above-mentioned projects is that proprietary projects, which uses your BSD-like covered code, will usually contribute their modifications back voluntarily. One motivating factor is configuration management -- it is much easier to upgrade to a new version of the open project, if the modifications have become part of the Open project. It is also the experience that such contributions, as they are made by professional developers, are of a high quality. Then there is the pervasive fear in the Free/Open Source community that proprietary companies will steal the code (that is, extend the code without contributing anything back). This has certainly happened in the past, and will certainly happen again. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. If they build upon your code, then you have less work to catch up, than if they made their own, and most likely, incompatible implementation.
Re: LDAP C SDK 5.0 MPL/GPL
Bjorn Reese wrote: The FSF is more concerned about the whole than the individual parts. In mathematical terms, the FSF wants the union of GPL and another license to be strictly equal to GPL. The problem the FSF has with MPL, is that there are additional restrictions on the whole. mozilla.org is no different here, with s/GPL/MPL (modulo NPL), not? It wants the whole mozilla.org code to be available under the MPL terms. Less so for purity, but more for practical terms. And I agree - having x licenses is not practical and could turn potential users/contributors away.
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