On 2-Aug-08, at 7:59 PM, Jorge Luis Zapata Muga wrote: > License > As most of the code on efl-research project (and most of *my* code) it > does not have COPYING file, it was left out on purpose, basically to
Leaving out a COPYING file basically makes the code proprietary. No- one can use it without specifically asking you permission. > be able to discuss this "license issue" with e developers. We all have > already argued about licensing and there are several respectable and > contrary point of views. I, as the original author of this library, > even if some of the code was taken from evas or ecore, wanted to > license the library as LGPL; but as i have already stated, this new > license has several considerations, *please* don't start a license > arguments, the other thread is for that, this one is to decide: > > 1. Relicensing eina as LGPL is possible and *does not* go against Evas > or Ecore license, BSD allows that as long as the third (author) clause > is respected and so it will be (in case eina's license finally gets > set to LGPL) > 2. What will be the reaction from developers that want BSD license? > from what i've deduced on IRC and ML, several of this developers > *won't* contribute to this library if it is not BSD, (please those > developers that think that this is point is for them, confirm or deny > this). In my opinion the current state of e developers is too small to > actually divide it based on the license they prefer; and of course > that argument "imposes" the license the library can be. So, the main > question on this point is: if it is LGPL are you going to contribute > to it? and, if it is LGPL are you going to *link" against this > library? I won't help if it's LGPL. I also won't link to it in my code as I won't fix bugs in it. 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
