Tres Melton wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 04:17 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Saturday 07 May 2005 03:53 am, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > i just see it as an annoying issue where you suddenly cant assume that you > > > can copy & paste code from any old random e17 app into any other random > > > e17 > > > app > > > > after a quick chat with Simon, why not have a general rule with e17: > > - libraries are BSD > > - apps can be GPL/whatever, but you should add an exception clause that says > > that e17 devs can import code from your GPL/whatever app into their app > > without having to worry about stupid licensing conflicts > > > > > side note, doing a quick check on all the COPYING files, these are GPL: > > > e17/libs/esmart > > > e17/libs/epsilon > > > e17/proto/exml > > > > since these are libraries and GPL-2 sucks for libraries, perhaps this was > > just > > a copy & paste error and these really should be BSD ? > > -mike > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. > > Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 > > opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to > > win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > This is kinda important to me as well. I am finishing up a SSE2 port of > Eterm's shading routines and wanted to use the GPL license for them. I > didn't even realize that E/Eterm uses the BSD license. I would prefer > the code stay open with the GPL but if MeJ insists then I suppose the > BSD license will have to do. It's his baby after all. I just like > things to go fast! ;-) >
Opinions obviously vary widely, but I consider the GPL more encumbered than BSD licenses. -- Kevin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
