Re: Maxmind GeoIP/Geolite license change

2020-06-16 Thread J.B. Nicholson
Michael Tremer wrote: This project however was a lot more work than we anticipated and there are some more challenges to come. We generate no income from working on this at all, but of course need to fill our own fridges with food every once in a while. I am not telling you anything new here

Re: Maxmind GeoIP/Geolite license change

2020-06-16 Thread Tobias Frost
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 09:28:05AM +0100, Michael Tremer wrote: (...) > I consider myself a great advocate for free software. Almost everything I do, > and certain all I can, is free software - available for anyone to use. Let me nitpick on that Free software also requires the ability to modify

Re: Maxmind GeoIP/Geolite license change

2020-06-16 Thread John Scott
On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:28:05 AM EDT Michael Tremer wrote: > Sorry for my noob question, but doesn’t the GPL “force” people to give back? The GPL requires that modifications are also under the terms of the GPL. It doesn't require sharing either publicly or with individuals. If the upstream

Re: Maxmind GeoIP/Geolite license change

2020-06-16 Thread Michael Tremer
> On 16 Jun 2020, at 00:58, Mihai Moldovan wrote: > > * On 6/15/20 10:51 PM, Michael Tremer wrote: >> As you will have noticed, I am not an expert on licenses and have picked CC >> BY-SA 4.0 because I believe Maxmind’s database was licensed under this >> before. > > I'm assuming that your