Let's not open a can of worms here, the truth is we can't change the
license anyhow, there are too many pieces by too many contributors who
would have to agree with the change in the first place.
IMHO point the people who need more info to FAQ and be done with it.
Ales
Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb:
I let the other points to people knowing it better to answer.
* plus point of MPL is you don't get confusion between GPL and LGPL.
- When FPC was started in 1993 there were basically two licenses: BSD
and (L)GPL so the choice was easy.
Many just see GPL and stay
Op Tue, 26 Dec 2006, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:
Hi,
In August I asked a similar question (LGPL vs BSD) and got a lengthy
discussion going, which helped me a lot in understanding the
difference.
Now, what is the difference between the Modified LGPL (as used in FPC
and Lazarus) compared
Btw, see
http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp#g4
some discussion on why one would choose for example GPL + Classpath
exception (an amendment text from the Classpath project) vs LGPL.
These two
seem equivalent, but the 1st means that one can include in some Linux
distros
Okay, maybe I posted this question in the wrong mailing list or I left
out a vital part in my post. ;-)
I didn't mean for a change in FPC's licensing! I was referring to my
own projects and also the possibility of including that code in FPC or
Lazarus (only shipping with, not compiled in).
I
On 12/26/06, Florian Klaempfl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Many just see GPL and stay away...
Don't make the common fault about OSS. Not users are important but
developers. And (L)GPL is much more developer friendly. Further, most
big OSS projects I know being completly hobbyist driven are (L)GPL.
Btw, see
http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp#g4
some discussion on why one would choose for example GPL + Classpath
exception (an amendment text from the Classpath project) vs LGPL.
These two
seem equivalent, but the 1st means that one can include in
some Linux
Modified LGPL (as used in Lazarus and FPC) seem to be what I want, I
was just wondering what the major difference is between the Modified
LGPL and MPL. Oh and I don't live in the USA but rather the RSA (South
Africa).
Note that MPL has an escape clause exactly for this dilemma. (the GPL
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
Now, what is the difference between the Modified LGPL (as used in FPC
and Lazarus) compared to MPL.
My objection to the MPL is that it's unreadable for me. The sentences
are too complicated and long. The LGPL is quite well readable (for a
legal text anyway, IMHO).
