Frankly, I think halscope should either be changed back to to LGPL or simply pulled.
my 2c EBo -- On Mar 10 2013 5:40 PM, Steve Stallings wrote: > The core part of HAL was originally released as LGPL by > John Kasunich. Latter additions such as HAL Scope were, > I think, made regular GPL. > > Steve Stallings > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: EBo [mailto:e...@sandien.com] >> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 5:36 PM >> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] License question - code piece for HAL >> >> A bigger question is will we ever realistically break out HAL as a >> standalone linkable library? Is it OK with the people working >> on/playing with HAL that it be used for other projects? My >> vote would >> be for the HAL related stuff be LGPL, but that is my 2c/ >> >> EBo -- >> >> On Mar 10 2013 3:17 PM, Michael Haberler wrote: >> > I have identified a small piece of code which could take on an >> > important function in HAL/RTAPI. If it were integrated, it would >> > become part of the HAL API. >> > >> > That code is currently GPL2only. >> > >> > The author has expressed willingness to relicense after I >> told him we >> > might eventually move to (likely) GPL2+ and pointed to the >> problem we >> > would incur if he were unwilling to relicense. >> > >> > My question is: what should I ask him: make it LPGPL, GPL2+ or >> what >> > else? Please advise. >> > >> > - Michael\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
