Apparently ALv2 did not make the cut.  

That makes a choice of:

- BSD - this one you always customise to say which organisation is providing 
(so BSD style license)



- EPL - acceptable with drawbacks
- MIT  


Next up a formal email to PSC and user list, and gather together a work team to 
do this one.
--  
Jody Garnett


On Tuesday, 2 October 2012 at 12:25 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:

> Discussion on LocaitonTech has now gotten back to this question…  basically 
> confirms what we already know.
> > I had a question around the use of EPL (I know it is your recommended 
> > default license).
> >  
> > The story we are focused on is ability to transfer small blocks of code 
> > down into GeoTools when the occasion warrants.
> > - We have a history of pushing, particularly QA and testing code, closer to 
> > where the problems occur.
> > - I have also watched teams rapidly prototyped code in uDig (often for a 
> > customer / deadline) before transferring the technology to GeoTools in 
> > benefit from wider community testing.
> >  
> > Q: Is this story possible with EPL, or should we focus on one of the other 
> > license options?
> A: EPL to LGPL is not possible at the patch level (can be handled at the 
> component jar level)  
> A: The "universal donor licenses" are MIT and BSD and ALv2  
>  
> Jody  

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