Ah I see. I will keep MPLv2 :) Thank you! (see also discussions here: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2014-July/010660.html )
Fantix On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Pieter Hintjens <[email protected]> wrote: > Fantix, > > I'd recommend keeping the MPLv2 license, since otherwise you cannot > merge pull requests without further clearance. > > The problem is that a fork of an MIT-licensed repository will not > necessarily be MIT licensed. It's trivial to add code and relicense > the lot under a different license. Then, when you get a pull request > you have to explicitly check or ask that the patch be licensed > properly. It's significant work and if you don't do it, your entire > project may end up with an inconsistent, even unusable license. > > Sticking to MPLv2 (or LGPL as for libzmq) avoids that work and > eliminates the risk. By definition a pull request is safe to merge. > > This aspect is so important that C4 makes it mandatory. If you use an > MIT license, you cannot be compliant with C4. > > There is also the argument that a share-alike license increases the > incentive to send patches back. I've made MIT licensed libraries that > were widely used and yet got very few patches. > > -Pieter > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Fantix King <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks a lot! I'll take a look at CZMQ and libzmtp. > > > > btw I may change the license to MIT :) > > > > > > BR, > > Fantix > > -- > > http://about.me/fantix > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Pieter Hintjens <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Very nice. The only comment I'd make is that the libzmq API is a > >> little clunky and you might look at the CZMQ zsock API as a model. The > >> code classes in CZMQ are zsock, zactor, and perhaps zbeacon and zmsg. > >> There's also an interesting API in libzmtp, which expresses separate > >> socket types as separate classes. > >> > >> -Pieter > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Fantix King <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > Here is zmq.rs, a native implementation of ØMQ in the Rust > programming > >> > language in MPLv2. I've just got a very ugly prototype running till > now, > >> > and > >> > I'm expecting to hear more comments on anything. > >> > > >> > https://github.com/zeromq/zmq.rs > >> > > >> > For who wants to know more about Rust, it is a systems programming > >> > language > >> > from Mozilla, that runs blazingly fast, prevents almost all crashes, > and > >> > eliminates data races (according to http://www.rust-lang.org/). > >> > Guaranteed > >> > memory safety and concurrency without data races is what I liked it > >> > most. > >> > > >> > Back to the project, I did a few iterations and got what it is now, in > >> > the > >> > hope that more discussion can be raised over some actual code to talk > >> > about. > >> > zmq.rs currently has REQ and REP, can `send` and `recv` in ZMTP 2.0. > I > >> > also > >> > blogged a bit about the design here (more to come): > >> > > >> > http://blog.segmentfault.com/fantix/1190000000593564 > >> > > >> > You are more than welcome to: > >> > * comment on the design > >> > * suggest different solution > >> > * complain about whatever you don't like > >> > * open issues on github > >> > * send me PRs and code reviews > >> > * join me developing and maintaining it > >> > * or even star it on github ;) > >> > > >> > > >> > BR, > >> > Fantix > >> > -- > >> > http://about.me/fantix > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > zeromq-dev mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> zeromq-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > zeromq-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev >
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