[General] Relicensing of Chandler source code

Ted Leung twl at osafoundation.org
Tue May 2 17:00:09 PDT 2006


The source code for Chandler is currently licensed under the GPL.    
This was done because at some point in the past, we thought that a  
dual license strategy similar to that used by MySQL might be a viable  
model for the sustainability of the foundation.   In today's world,  
that doesn't seem to make much sense.    There are also some good  
reasons for Chandler to move away from GPL licensing

1. The GPL viral provisions would force parcel developers to license  
their code under the GPL.
2. We want to reduce the proliferation of licenses used by OSAF  
projects.  All the rest of our server code is licensed under the  
Apache 2.0 license, and some of our other projects are licensed under  
the MIT license.

What do people think about relicensing the Chandler code base under  
the Apache 2.0 license?

Ted




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