Re: [9fans] J9P/StyxLib

["Bernd R. Fix" <Bernd.Fix@aspector.com>]

Roman V Shaposhnik schrieb:
> Not implying anything, just a question: what made you pick GPL in the
> first place?

Thanks to everyone for sharing their views on the licensing issue. Quite
a few statements and arguments to think about... Choosing an appropriate
license for a project is even trickier than I thought. So I started from
scratch again:

I consider J9P to be a framework for developers; "end-users" have no
need for such thing. As a "normal" developer you might risk a look at
the framework sources, but your main focus is to use the libraries
(APIs) and technical design of the framework to create your own killer
application.

I published the framework not because I was looking for developers to
join the project (although everybody is welcome), but for developers to
use the framework to realize their own ideas.

It's fine with me if these developers distribute their own work under
other OSI certified licenses or even commercially as long as the
underlying framework is kept open-source. If you modify the framework,
you must publish that modifications, but not your own work that is based
on the framework. I think that is fair enough for everyone.

So I had a look at a few of the mentioned licenses, and finally ended up
with what I had considered before publishing the project - LGPL. I think
this is a good compromise between a very strict GPL and a somewhat
relaxed BSD. The next build will include the changed license references.

Regards, Bernd.
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