David Bovill wrote:
> The main issue for us here is about mixing code projects together
> in ways in which the code can be used in clear ways for commercial
> and non-commercial projects - removing the uncertainty. Let's just
> make sure the code bases can be mixed together. If someone uses a
> "strange" - CC style license, which is not GPL compatible, then I
> won't be able to combine it with code that uses other licenses in
> any legally robust way.
For some that may be a feature.
If you want GPL, use GPL. MIT seems even more liberal, all the sharing
without the forced openness downstream. And then there's even public
domain, the freest of all.
> As a practical example I would not be able to submit my code
> libraries or code I have form other people to the revIgnitor
> project, as the license was hand crafted. Ralf changing the
> license to a GPL compatible license made everything start to
> work nicely.
That may work well for you, but that means for me I can't use revIgniter
as an embedded system in a closed-source product. Not that I have an
immediate need for that, but I'd considered using revIgniter for a
project recently, but that project has a likelihood to fork into an
embedded proprietary component down the road, so GPL stuff would be
challenging to consider.
> The same will go with other projects that seek to make compilations
> of open code. A mosaic of poorly thought out licenses will cause
> real problems.
Anything poorly thought out will cause problems. :)
There are scenarios for meaningful sharing that aren't addressed by
GLP-compatible licenses, so while it would be desirable if there were
fewer licenses in the world, the diversity of needs seems to require
equally diverse terms to describe them.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
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