> This is the first opensource project i've worked with, can somebody > (in plain english) explain the difference between all the licenses? > I'm not too familiar with the details. > MPL, is that the 'Mozilla Public License'? > > Personally, to be honest, i don't care too much about the license, as > long as it's both open and not too limiting to people outside the > 'sharpos community'
Ill try and dig up a summary of each, but for now (and this is a best estimate, not exact..) But they go from super restrictive, to super permissive: GPL LGPL MPL BSD/IX? I like BSD, but Im not restrictive about it. I also happen to like MPL for those that don't like BSD. And for me I have some issues with LPGL, but its not odious to me. Ie its acceptable I think (will have to dig a bit more). GPL on the other hand has a place, but is dangerous to use because its viral and VERY VERY restrictive. It limits future options. And its been discussed that we license parts LGPL, and parts GPL. And the parts that are GPL wont need to be linked. That in theory might work, but Im concerned in practice that we inadvertently label something GPL, that somehow could be linked, or somehow is linked, or later is refactored to be linked. Now all the LGPL that links to the GPL is a problem and the LGPL that use the GPL "becomes" GPL for all intents and purposes.... Corrections welcome.. buts it's the restrictive and viral nature of GPL that's a problem for me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ SharpOS-Developers mailing list SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers
