Re: [webkit-dev] Question related to license in WK2 EFL port
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Re: [webkit-dev] Question related to license in WK2 EFL port
Hi, This kind of decision is not easy to take and cannot necessarily be taken by us developers (our employers may favor one particular license). The WebKit project allows both Apple's new BSD or LGPL as far as I know. So, as long as contributors use one of those 2 licenses for WebKit-EFL, I don't see any problem with it. Kr, On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Gyuyoung Kim gyuyoung@samsung.comwrote: Hello WebKit folks, I'd like to have your opinions on EFL port licensing. Currently it uses both LGPL and BSD, and there's no explicit rule in EFL port so far. So the license was decided by individual contributor when new file was submitted. Nowadays, some EFL contributors are confused which license should be used. I would like to know whether EFL folks can continue to choose which license to use. Or, is there any rule related to license? Gyuyoung ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev -- Christophe Dumez Linux Software Engineer, PhD Intel Finland Oy - Open Source Technology Center ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] Question related to license in WK2 EFL port
Hi, The license is basically up to the contributor, though there might be a few advantages using the BSD license. Using BSD licensed code means that the code can be re-factored in the future and parts can be moved into WebCore or elsewhere. If you use LGPL you have to make sure to not reuse the code in any file licensed as BSD. Having the code licensed as BSD also means that your employer can reuse code parts in other internal products. That is also possible if the code is already under your copyright, but when other people start contributing to it, it becomes less clear. Cheers Kenneth On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Dumez, Christophe christophe.du...@intel.com wrote: Hi, This kind of decision is not easy to take and cannot necessarily be taken by us developers (our employers may favor one particular license). The WebKit project allows both Apple's new BSD or LGPL as far as I know. So, as long as contributors use one of those 2 licenses for WebKit-EFL, I don't see any problem with it. Kr, On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Gyuyoung Kim gyuyoung@samsung.com wrote: Hello WebKit folks, I'd like to have your opinions on EFL port licensing. Currently it uses both LGPL and BSD, and there's no explicit rule in EFL port so far. So the license was decided by individual contributor when new file was submitted. Nowadays, some EFL contributors are confused which license should be used. I would like to know whether EFL folks can continue to choose which license to use. Or, is there any rule related to license? Gyuyoung ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev -- Christophe Dumez Linux Software Engineer, PhD Intel Finland Oy - Open Source Technology Center ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev -- Kenneth Rohde Christiansen Senior Engineer Nokia Mobile Phones, Browser / WebKit team Phone +45 4093 0598 / E-mail kenneth at webkit.org http://codeposts.blogspot.com ﹆﹆﹆ ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] Question related to license in WK2 EFL port
Thank you for your kind reply. My curiosities are solved. I will discuss which license we will use with my co-workers. Cheers, Gyuyoung. --- Original Message --- Sender : Kenneth Rohde Christiansenkenneth.christian...@gmail.com Date : 2012-07-25 18:46 (GMT+09:00) Title : Re: [webkit-dev] Question related to license in WK2 EFL port Hi, The license is basically up to the contributor, though there might be a few advantages using the BSD license. Using BSD licensed code means that the code can be re-factored in the future and parts can be moved into WebCore or elsewhere. If you use LGPL you have to make sure to not reuse the code in any file licensed as BSD. Having the code licensed as BSD also means that your employer can reuse code parts in other internal products. That is also possible if the code is already under your copyright, but when other people start contributing to it, it becomes less clear. Cheers Kenneth On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Dumez, Christophe wrote: Hi, This kind of decision is not easy to take and cannot necessarily be taken by us developers (our employers may favor one particular license). The WebKit project allows both Apple's new BSD or LGPL as far as I know. So, as long as contributors use one of those 2 licenses for WebKit-EFL, I don't see any problem with it. Kr, On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Gyuyoung Kim wrote: Hello WebKit folks, I'd like to have your opinions on EFL port licensing. Currently it uses both LGPL and BSD, and there's no explicit rule in EFL port so far. So the license was decided by individual contributor when new file was submitted. Nowadays, some EFL contributors are confused which license should be used. I would like to know whether EFL folks can continue to choose which license to use. Or, is there any rule related to license? Gyuyoung ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev -- Christophe Dumez Linux Software Engineer, PhD Intel Finland Oy - Open Source Technology Center ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev -- Kenneth Rohde Christiansen Senior Engineer Nokia Mobile Phones, Browser / WebKit team Phone +45 4093 0598 / E-mail kenneth at webkit.org http://codeposts.blogspot.com ??? ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
[webkit-dev] Question related to license in WK2 EFL port
Hello WebKit folks, I'd like to have your opinions on EFL port licensing. Currently it uses both LGPL and BSD, and there's no explicit rule in EFL port so far. So the license was decided by individual contributor when new file was submitted. Nowadays, some EFL contributors are confused which license should be used. I would like to know whether EFL folks can continue to choose which license to use. Or, is there any rule related to license? Gyuyoung ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
