Re: Which License should I pick?

2003-12-09 Thread Nick Moffitt
begin Scott Long quotation: > Well, the project hasn't gone public yet, which is why I'm asking these > licensing questions. I don't anticipate changes to the basic code base, > but I do expect that people may want to write various modules. What of bug fixes? > I wouldn't necessarily

Re: Which License should I pick?

2003-12-09 Thread Scott Long
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Nick Moffitt wrote: > How do you currently accept submissions? Do you take patches? > Third-party code modules or files? Think of how you can make clear > the permissions granted to you by the contributors. Well, the project hasn't gone public yet, which is why I'm a

Re: Which License should I pick?

2003-12-09 Thread Nick Moffitt
begin Scott Long quotation: > I hadn't considered the issue of ownership of copyright for > contributed code. Is it common for open source projects to stipulate > that contributors either transfer copyright or agree to allow the > owner to change the license? If I asked for such an agreement woul

Re: Which License should I pick?

2003-12-09 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Scott Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I hadn't considered the issue of ownership of copyright for contributed > code. Is it common for open source projects to stipulate that contributors > either transfer copyright or agree to allow the owner to change the > license? It's fairly common, tho

Re: Which License should I pick?

2003-12-09 Thread Scott Long
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > Like you say, it's good to keep as many options open as possible, and it's > > hard to go back on a licensing decision if it's too broad. > > No it is the other way around: if the program is released under a less > restricted license, e.g. xfree86-ish,

Re: Which License should I pick?

2003-12-09 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Bjorn Reese wrote: > On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 22:34, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > No it is the other way around: if the program is released under a less > > restricted license, e.g. xfree86-ish, then you could always, without > > the consent of contributors, change to (L)GPL for newer versions. The > > Ma

Re: Which License should I pick?

2003-12-09 Thread Bjorn Reese
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 22:34, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > No it is the other way around: if the program is released under a less > restricted license, e.g. xfree86-ish, then you could always, without > the consent of contributors, change to (L)GPL for newer versions. The Maybe I am missing something, bu