On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Ignat Gavrilov <ignat.gavri...@mailfence.com> wrote: > We might release some of our non-libsignal-based development later this year > as open-source, but I bet it will be GPL licensed and not under one of those > "make money with third-party software and run away with it"-licenses that are > so much liked by some of the people (representing their companies interest) > here.
For what it's worth, I was arguing mostly for doing Andy's proposal (which uses libsignal which is GPLed), however, I see the fact that there are only GPL implementations of X3DHE as the main problem with that proposal, I will not use GPLed software, however I do not currently work for a company who's "interests" I could represent, nor does the job I have lined up have anything to do with XMPP, or instant messaging, so I don't think people wanting a liberally licensed implementation are necessarily arguing "company interests" and we should probably avoid going down that path. A liberally licensed implementation may benefit companies as well as individuals. It is simply making things easier to adopt. Some existing non-GPL projects may not be able to use GPLed libraries, but all GPLed software can use MIT licensed (or similar) libraries. It's about making sure the most people (whether you agree with their restrictions or not) can use the library. —Sam _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: standards-unsubscr...@xmpp.org _______________________________________________
