On Nov 3, 2007, at 1:31 AM, Mike Hommey wrote:
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:34:21PM -0700, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'd like to change the license terms for the contents of
JavaScriptCore/wtf
from LGPL to Apple modified BSD, except for the copy of Google's
TCMalloc
and the unicode/ directory. All the copyrights on files besides
tcmalloc
and unicde are held by Apple and it looks like the only non-Apple
contributions are a handful of < 5 line build fixes which were too
small
for copyright. Mainly I'd like to apply this to RefPtr, Vector, and
the
Hash-related classes.
I would like to do this to make the code usable by the widest
possible
range of projects, including even proprietary code, and open source
projects with licenses that are not LGPL-compatible. This is basic
data
structure code, and although it is highly optimized it is not really
specific to web browsing.
I wanted to run this proposed license change by the community. I
know there
have been some concerns about which code is BSD and which is LGPL.
In this
case, I think maximum reusability is the right thing for this code.
While speaking of licensing, what makes it a real mess is probably
more
the fact there are both 2-clause and 3-clause BSD code than the use of
LGPL and BSD. And it's obviously worse when these 3 are used in
different files in the same directory.
Keep in mind that the "3-clause" BSD-style licenses are not the
classic BSD license with advertising clause, which *requires* mention
in advertising. It just withholds the right to claim endorsement by
particular companies (in some cases Apple, in a few others Google). I
don't believe this conflicts with LGPL or creates any practical problem.
By the way, I filed bug #14885 a while ago, which has fortunately been
fixed, but new files additions "broke" it again. So, coders, please be
careful when add LGPLed files, and check the FSF address to be
correct.
Patches welcome.
Cheers,
Maciej
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