Yes think so.
On 1/27/07, Nathan Mittler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Hiram,
Is the resolution on this that we can just add a new header to his file in
our distro?
On 1/19/07, Hiram Chirino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Oren!
>
> On Jan 18, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Oren Ben-Kiki wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 18:09 -0500, Hiram Chirino wrote:
> >> ...
> >> Yeah the differences between the two get a bit complex and IANAL
> >> too :)
> >>
> >> But I think the biggest difference between the Licenses are that
> >> Apache licensed software is a bit more liberal with how it can be
> >> used. For example it allows commercial companies to make
> >> modifications and redistribute without giving back the changes.
> >> Which is contrary to the GPL philosophy. In essence the Apache, BSD,
> >> and MIT licenses are more Business friendly.
> >>
> >> So I light of that, you might not actually want to Apache License
> >> it.. And that would be OK...
> >
> > I don't feel that strongly about it. It isn't exactly the crown
> > jewels :-)
> >
> >> But if you don't mind other folks using your file (even for
> >> commercial reasons), you would just need to also add this to the
> >> header for us to be able to consume it:
> >>
> >> Copyright [] [name of copyright owner]
> >>
> >> Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
> >> you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
> >> You may obtain a copy of the License at
> >>
> >> http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
> >>
> >> Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
> >> software
> >> distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
> >> WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
> >> implied.
> >> See the License for the specific language governing
> >> permissions and
> >> limitations under the License.
> >
> > Fine, put that in there with my name (Oren Ben-Kiki) and the current
> > year (2007). And hopefully within a "short period of time" this
> > will be
> > in the Autoconf archive and the problem will go away.
> >
> > Share & Enjoy,
> >
> > Oren Ben-Kiki
> >
>
>
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Regards,
Hiram
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