On 24-Jul-08, at 5:26 PM, Peter Wehrfritz wrote: > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri schrieb: >> One thing I'd like to see here is the opinion of those that do most >> of >> the code these days, guys like englebass, dj2, pfritz and raster. You >> wrote lots of code already, and continue to do, what do you think >> about relicensing the code under LGPL? >> >> > > I'm not an author of one of the core libs, but since you are asking > me, > here is what i think about it. > > I personally don't like the LGPL, because IMHO it doesn't really work > for applications. It sounds somewhat odd if you read the license for > an > application and they only talk about libraries. And I strongly believe > that one should use the same license for applications and libraries. > It > happens often that you move some code from a lib to an app and vice > versa, or you turn a whole app into a library. So maybe something like > MPL would be better, but afaik you get with the MPL troubles with the > debian folks. Don't know how it is with the CPL. > > I still prefer the 3-clause BSD license, I code, because it is fun. If > some makes money with my code, it doesn't change the fact that i had > fun > while writing it and he also doesn't steal my code. I still have my > code! > > Besides that believing that a company contributes to your LGPLed > library/application because it uses/modifies your code is wrong. > Take a > look on the khtml history and you'll see that using the lgpl doesn't > implicate or ensure that you'll receive useful patches. > > At the end, this decision is not up to me.
Couldn't have said it better myself. (Oh, and Peter, you are listed as a main author of Ewl (for almost a year and a half, heh)) dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
