Re: Framework Licensing for Developer Flexibility

2003-10-07 Thread David Presotto
The LPL lets you redistribute with GPL if you want. You would have to keep the copyright. Also, the distributor agrees to indemnify the contributors against suits due to his actions, which might scare some people off. Distributing separately with both the LPL and the GPL is also possible. Our i

Re: Framework Licensing for Developer Flexibility

2003-10-06 Thread Jacobus Vosloo
attached files. Randy Wrote: --- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Framework Licensing for Developer Flexibility Our company has been using a commercial development environment that provides the infrastructure for developing interactive web

Re: Framework Licensing for Developer Flexibility

2003-10-05 Thread John Cowan
Randy Pearson scripsit: > 3. The Modfied BSD and/or MIT license appear to be the closest to what we > are looking for. If you want to ensure that your framework remains open source -- in particular, that any improvements made to it are available to you -- then I recommend the Mozilla Public Lice

Re: Framework Licensing for Developer Flexibility

2003-10-04 Thread Daniel Carrera
Hello Randy, I generally dislike the BSD licenses, since they allow incompatible propietary modifications. If you are not confortable with the LGPL, you might want to consider the SISSL (Sun Industry Standard License). OpenOffice.org is distributed under a dual LGPL/SISSL system: http://www.o

Framework Licensing for Developer Flexibility

2003-10-04 Thread Randy Pearson
Our company has been using a commercial development environment that provides the infrastructure for developing interactive web applications. Over several years, we have developed an object-oriented framework that can be used in conjunction with the commercial product, and greatly enhances develope