Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit licensing and LGPLv3

2007-07-25 Thread Christopher Brichford
On Jul 24, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: Hi Everyone, With the release of GPLv3 and LGPLv3, I'd like to take a moment to discuss WebKit licensing. LGPLv3 includes some restrictions beyond the previous version that make it difficult to accept for many key contributors and us

Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit licensing and LGPLv3

2007-07-25 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
Hi Lars, On Jul 25, 2007, at 3:47 AM, Lars Knoll wrot As a sidenote, since we're already talking about licensing: I don't quite see the benefits of having a mix of BSD and LGPL licenses. LGPL is more restrictive, so that one applies to the project as a whole anyways. Wouldn't it be easier t

Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit licensing and LGPLv3

2007-07-25 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
Hi Allan, I've forwarded your comments and those of others internally at Apple. I won't do #2 for moment. I'd still appreciate any other input on this point. Regards, Maciej On Jul 24, 2007, at 11:05 PM, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: On Wednesday 25 July 2007 01:51, Maciej Stachowiak wro

Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit licensing and LGPLv3

2007-07-25 Thread Lars Knoll
On Wednesday 25 July 2007, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > On Wednesday 25 July 2007 01:51, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > 1) We will continue to accept only code that's licensed under a BSD- > > style (no advertising clause) license, or LGPL 2.1, or other > > compatible license. We don't want to acce

Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit licensing and LGPLv3

2007-07-24 Thread Donald C. Kirker
Hi Maciej, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: 1) We will continue to accept only code that's licensed under a BSD-style (no advertising clause) license, or LGPL 2.1, or other compatible license. We don't want to accept code that's LGPL 3 only, as that would make the whole project LGPL 3. As I understand

Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit licensing and LGPLv3

2007-07-24 Thread Allan Sandfeld Jensen
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 01:51, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > 1) We will continue to accept only code that's licensed under a BSD- > style (no advertising clause) license, or LGPL 2.1, or other > compatible license. We don't want to accept code that's LGPL 3 only, > as that would make the whole proje

[webkit-dev] WebKit licensing and LGPLv3

2007-07-24 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
Hi Everyone, With the release of GPLv3 and LGPLv3, I'd like to take a moment to discuss WebKit licensing. LGPLv3 includes some restrictions beyond the previous version that make it difficult to accept for many key contributors and users of WebKit, including Apple. Given this, we'd like t