On 05.12.2011 11:30, Georg C. F. Greve wrote: > it is not clear to me how a license that explicitly says it is okay not to > contribute back would increase the numbers of contributions back to Roundcube.
It's possible: less protective lic. -> more users -> more contributions. But of course it doesn't always work this way. >>From our perspective as a commercial entity, we have contributed quite a bit > of code for the 0.7 release, and might not have done that under a weaker > license, as we prefer an even footing for all contributors. > > So we would likely not agree to a less protective or balanced license. I think we're discussing GPL vs. AGPL now. It's impossible (or almost impossible) to use other less protective license with current code base (and developer base). -- Aleksander 'A.L.E.C' Machniak LAN Management System Developer [http://lms.org.pl] Roundcube Webmail Developer [http://roundcube.net] --------------------------------------------------- PGP: 19359DC1 @@ GG: 2275252 @@ WWW: http://alec.pl _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/ BT/8f4f07cd
