Hi Johann,

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Johann Fischer <johann_fisc...@posteo.de>
wrote:
>
> Am Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:44:57 +0100
> schrieb Oleg Hahm <oliver.h...@inria.fr>:
>
> > Hey Kaspar!
> >
> > > If RIOT is BSD'ed, for *me* personally time spent on it is not fun
> > > time I like to in my unpaid spare time anymore, it becomes work
> > > that is also fun. Work others can (and will) sell under their terms.
> >
> > I totally don't get this point. How do more possibilities to work
> > with RIOT for *others*, take fun away from *you*?
> >
> > > (L)GPL guarantees that my contribution will stay part of something
> > > that might improve, but is always available to me under clear
> > > tearms.
> >
> > I disagree. The RIOT community guarantees that your and everyone
> > else's contribution stay part of open and free software that might
> > improve. Additionally, it might become part of something else, true.
> >
> I agree with Kaspar. Also as a company we have interests that if a
> competitor uses our work, it would be forced to admit changes or
> improvements back.
>
>

OK. So is LGPLv2 indeed aligned with your company's policy and legal
department?
That would be interesting to know for this discussion.

Best,

Emmanuel
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