On 6/23/08, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > > Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: > > > > > I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have > > > commercial interests, > > > but I would like the project to be sustainable. > > > > > > I've changed my mind about using SourceForge, - I agree that Google Code > > > is more suitable. > > > > Please note: > > - GPL is more widely used > > > Than what? > > In any case, GPL is designed to prevent use of the software in a > specific set of contexts. I maintain my position that for Javascript > Libraries, the GPL is confusing at best, and tends to hurt uptake of > an open source project, in my experience. (ExtJS is a strong counter > example of a JS library which is GPL licensed -- but they are not an > open source project, just open source code.) > > The GPL is a fine license for many things, I just think that open souce > Javascript Libraries isn't among them. > > > > - Google Code apparently puts severe restrictions on exporting code to > > several countries. > > > Google Code follows the legal restrictions that are placed on it by the > government of the country in which the company is based. (I mentioned > this in my previous email.) Sourceforge is also a US-based company: it > has the same *legal* restrictions placed on it, and I don't know if > there is evidence that it doesn't have the same restrictions as Google > Code; if they do, I believe that they would be in violation of the law > anyway, though admittedly, as with all things, something being against > the law doesn't stop people from doing it.
This last point is an important one here -- the license is one thing, the hosting server/country/jurisdiction is another. Bjorn, since you work for the UN or are studying at U of Edinburgh, consider hosting your code somewhere there. Choose whatever license you want, but by hosting it in a different jurisdiction, your code will be subject to different distribution/export restrictions, if any. In other words, don't conflate the license (restrictions placed by you) with the server/host (restrictions placed by the repository). > > > Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > Web Developer > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss