On 12 March 2015 at 18:18, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Minor correction. > > The BSD License is not Category X. The commonly-used BSD license is a > permissive license, just like the MIT license. > > However, LGPL *is* Category X, not Category B. > > The classifications and nuances are explained at < > http://apache.org/legal/resolved.html>. > Thanks for the correction. I took it off my head, whenever we add code I always check the latest legal. rgds jan i. > > > -- Dennis E. Hamilton > [email protected] > [email protected] +1-206-779-9430 > https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A > X.509 certs used and requested for signed e-mail > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jan i [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 08:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Prototype web app, and Editor API > > [ ... ] > > Category B code can be a number of licenses, like LGPL and MPL. We cannot > however use e.g. GPL or BSD, the reason is that they limit downstream > projects from e.g. making a derivative and sell it...something we at ASF > really like when it happens. > > [ ... ] > >
