It's something we discussing before change the licence, but there are a lot of question regarding, what we want to do (we are agree to let people choose his liecence of his code), and how it could be possible.<br>There's also an history of the project, with several french institution which own the copyright of some code.<br>
<br>The choice is between GPL with exception, LGPL, etc...<br>Nicolas made a review of different licence : <a href="http://lisaac.u-strasbg.fr/index.php/Licence_pour_une_lib_open_source">http://lisaac.u-strasbg.fr/index.php/Licence_pour_une_lib_open_source</a><br>
<br>We have to choose now, because almost (I hope all ) all the author of the code will be here.<br>So, becose you wrote some code, we'll ask you if you are agree with our choice (and conclusion, it could be interesting)<br>
<br>So it's a very difficult question, and the debate is intense :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/26 Jeremy Cowgar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@cowgar.com">jeremy@cowgar.com</a>></span><br>
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Watching some of the French email's go by, I see quite a few references<br>
to GPLv3. Here's the deal... If Lisaac is licensed under the GPLv3, then<br>
that will prevent any commercial development (software for sale w/o<br>
source code) from being created. This will cut Lisaac out of a large<br>
market.<br>
<br>
The compiler can be licensed as GPLv3, but the library cannot. That<br>
library is translated into C code. If the library is licensed as GPLv3,<br>
then the C code that results from the translation of that library is<br>
also licensed as GPLv3. Then, John Doe, who wants to create a software<br>
package for sale, has to distribute his source code as well because he<br>
is linking to GPLv3 code (the library).<br>
<br>
I hope that the intention of Lisaac is to allow John Doe to be able to<br>
create software that he can choose to distribute however he pleases?<br>
i.e. he can license it as open source or he can license it as commercial<br>
software and sell it.<br>
<br>
If this is the intention, then I can offer some alternative open source<br>
licenses that will protect Lisaac but also provide true freedom for the<br>
developer, but please do not distribute Lisaac as GPLv3.<br>
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Jeremy Cowgar <<a href="mailto:jeremy@cowgar.com">jeremy@cowgar.com</a>><br>
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