On Dec 28, 2007, at 11:22 AM, David W Hogg wrote: > Is there are requirement that > OLPC items be GPLv3, or can they be GPLv2 and/or Apache?
There's absolutely no such requirement. We will accept any GPL- compatible license, but generally prefer one of {GPL, MIT, BSD}. I'm an OLPC core developer, and actively _discourage_ the use of the GPLv3 license as being overly restrictive -- though I speak only for myself, and my opinions are by no means to be interpreted as the official position of OLPC. Only one or two pieces of software on the laptop are presently GPLv3-licensed. > no choice, why, and if there *is* choice, why should I choose one over > the other, from a development and/or technical standpoint? This is a difficult question with no simple answer. Fundamentally, the issue is to figure out which particular flavor of freedom you subscribe to; there are some good resources out there that go into these issues at great length. As a first pass, take a look at: <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_licensing> Cheers, -- Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://radian.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel