On 3-Aug-08, at 1:04 PM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 1:56 PM, dan sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> On 3-Aug-08, at 12:43 PM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: >>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It seems the license question is still very much discussed. Until >>>> now I >>>> didn't say much about it. But now I like to add my 2 cents to that >>>> topic. >>>> >>>> At work we develop software for embedded devices. In most cases >>>> is the >>>> result a commercial closed-source product. >>>> >>>> For sure we used open source software in the past (not based on EFL >>>> until now!). So GPL is no option. The LGPL would be an option. But >>>> in most cases it's not an option as good as BSD (better say MIT). >>>> The >>>> reason is that in most cases it's needed to modify the library >>>> itself. >>>> For example if there's a Win32 and a Linux port, but no WinCE >>>> port. For >>>> sure one could contribute the changes back to the open source >>>> project. >>>> But in most cases this doesn't happen because of time or interest. >>> >>> This is exactly what companies that contribute back, like ProFUSION >>> and others, dislike. We do contribute back and we expect that others >>> do that, we want others to play fair. >>> >> >> This is also what other companies that contribute to the EFL like. >> They want >> to be able to hold some stuff back while giving other stuff back to >> the >> community. > > Yes, and in this case why don't they create another library? If they > need to modify the library we all use, then why not give it back? > Those that are complaining find that wrong and unfair.
Maybe the work they're doing isn't useful for the rest of the community. Maybe they had to sign an NDA to work with a specific chipset and can't give back. Maybe they implement something that is central to their business and don't want to give away the keys to the kingdom but are willing to help with other parts of the lib in the public. There are lots of reasons. 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
