Marco van de Voort wrote: >> Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: >> I don't think that it's that hard assuming you want to release sources :) >> - commercial libraries get a dual license: gpl and proprietary (you can >> develop non gpl software if you pay). This works, see e.g. Qt, MySQL etc. > > IMHO it doesn't work. Both only succeeded because they had some buzz, not > because of their licensing. It is more that they survived DESPITE their > licensing. See e.g. we never seriously made a lot of work about adopting > CLX. > >> - community projects are GPL or LGPL depending if they are libraries or >> programs >> - code developed by public funds (academic etc.) gets BSD > > I think all code that is not really in danger of hostile takeover can better > be BSD. The extra protection of (L)GPL is not going deliver anything, and > maybe the looser licensing yield some extra contributors.
Is there any big pure community project being BSD (and friends) licensed? _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - [email protected] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
