I made a post in December of 2012 about StatusNet moving from a GPL license
to a more permissive one
(https://trisquel.info/en/forum/statusnet-identica-and-another-blow-agpl) and
now it seems another GPL licensed project is moving away:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Video-js-goes-Apache-with-version-4-0-1861499.html
"The switch from LGPLv3 to Apache is, says Heffernan, because of confusion
between the LGPL and GPL; the project has, for clarity, switched to the
Apache licence so it can be "open and free to use in all contexts". He notes
that this 4.0 release is "simply a jumping off point" and that in the coming
year there will be more improvements to performance, multi-platform stability
and customisation, such as contributed plugins for features like playlists,
analytics and advertising."
We have beaten the copyleft vs permissive debate to death on these forums,
but it is sad to see this happen for suc a promising project. I have used
Video.js in the past and it was nice that the code was under a copyleft
license to spur initial growth. Now I worry that advancements to Video.js
that can potentially benefit everyone will be made proprietary by a company
that will not contribute back.
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