Re: [protobuf] Licensing, again

2011-06-21 Thread Kenton Varda
I'm not sure I understand the question. As the FAQ says, we hold no patents on this code. What is your concern, exactly? If we dual-licensed the code under BSD and Apache, would that help? On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:32 AM, John Haine wrote: > First, apologies if this question has already been a

[protobuf] Licensing, again

2011-06-21 Thread John Haine
First, apologies if this question has already been answered! Anyway, here goes... Originally, PB was licensed under Apache 2.0. Later, the license was changed to BSD to make it more compatible with GPL2. On the FAQ there is the following statement: "Does Google have any patents on Protocol Buf