On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Kevin Davies <davies...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, > I should have sent the original email in plain text rather than HTML, so I am > resending it. Please give me suggestions regarding my email below. Thanks.
Hey Kevin, the toolkit looks quite nice and we would be happy to distribute it, but we require a BSD compatible license (for a rationale, please see http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/devel/coding_guide.html#license-discussion). Although we could technically distribute a GPL licensed product as a toolkit, I think it might be confusing to users so I prefer to keep everything in our distribution BSD compatible. I think the benefits of having your code part of the core distribution with users seeing samples on our web pages and gallery outweigh the risks that someone might sell your code, but that is just my opinion. Having a lot of visibility and users increases the odds that others will contribute to and extend your toolkit. Personally, it doesn't bother me that companies sell products that use matplotlib, despite having contributed a considerable amount of time on the code. Some of these companies have expressed interest in supporting matplotlib development via donations or sponsored features. But I understand that you may feel otherwise. If you elect to keep your code under a GPL license, feel free to distribute it as you see fit. Many scientific computing projects in python use github. Google code is another option. We would be happy to link to your code from our existing sankey examples, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
