On Feb 25, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > Howard Butler wrote: >> LGPL wouldn't be the end of the world, but I think something like this needs >> to be BSD to ensure wider proprietary software uptake. Individual drivers >> could be LGPL though. > > In that case, Boost license would be even better than BSD. > Boost project specified a few fundamental requirements about licensing: > > http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html#License > > Next, they evaluated popular licenses if they address those > requirements properly: > > http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_License > > BSD license was also compared > > http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_License/BSD_License > > The process concluded that there is no Open Source license that > guarantees/helps to guarantee there are literally no obstacles in wide > adoption of software in any use cases > The Boost license is not restricted to use for Boost libraries.
Ok, I'm not so concerned about license at all as long as there is a collaborative project behind it with some weight. I don't know if lidarformat (bad name IMO) has that yet. Howard_______________________________________________ Liblas-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/liblas-devel
