[General] Relicensing of Chandler source code

[Graham Bird]

Ted

How does one 'move away' from the GPL license?  I'd really like to 
understand how that is possible.  As I see it, once code is GPLd it 
is impossible to move it out from the restrictions it carries.

Cheers


At 06:34 PM 5/2/2006, Ted Leung wrote:

>On May 2, 2006, at 6:05 PM, Mikeal Rogers wrote:
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>>If we use the apache 2.0 license, which is incompatible with the
>>GPL, wouldn't we then be restricting parcel developers from using
>>the GPL if they did wish to do so?
>
>No, parcel developers can license under any terms they like.
>Additionally, the FSF and ASF are working on removing the
>incompatibility problems (which mostly are in RMS's head)
>
>>
>>Many developers like the "viral" aspect of the GPL because it
>>requires those who are modifying the code to contribute it back to
>>that community and I wouldn't want to alienate those developers.
>
>On the other hand, there are also many developers who dislike the
>viral aspects of the GPL.
>
>>
>>IMHO we should pick the license that restricts the parcel writers
>>choice of software licenses the least. I'm not a licensing expert
>>so I don't know what the best solution is but I think that the LGPL
>>or the Python licenses could work.
>
>The least restrictive license is a license from the BSD family of
>licenses (BSD, MIT, Apache).   The Apache license is the one that
>best accounts for the state of the world that we live in today.
>
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>Ted Leung                 Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF)
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