Comments on: Thoughts on F/OSS (9/10): licenses http://jpz-log.info/archives/2009/12/28/thoughts-on-foss-910-licenses/ Coin Coin and Plop da Plop Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jponge http://jpz-log.info/archives/2009/12/28/thoughts-on-foss-910-licenses/comment-page-1/#comment-5279 jponge Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:10:25 +0000 http://jpz-log.info/?p=1226#comment-5279 Thanks Alexis for your point which complements the post. I realized that my post was more a GPL crusade than a discussion on the licenses and their best use cases :-) I gave this talk in presence of some strong GPL advocates, and I wanted to show that the GPL is too often a bad choice. I would just add that OpenJDK is not a true GPL project. What I mean here is that it is using a GPL with an exception clause which makes it closer to the LGPL than the GPL. The so-called "linking contamination" clause of the GPL does not apply in OpenJDK thanks to the exception that Sun added (which makes the whole license terms ok BTW). Thanks Alexis for your point which complements the post. I realized that my post was more a GPL crusade than a discussion on the licenses and their best use cases :-)

I gave this talk in presence of some strong GPL advocates, and I wanted to show that the GPL is too often a bad choice.

I would just add that OpenJDK is not a true GPL project. What I mean here is that it is using a GPL with an exception clause which makes it closer to the LGPL than the GPL. The so-called “linking contamination” clause of the GPL does not apply in OpenJDK thanks to the exception that Sun added (which makes the whole license terms ok BTW).

]]> By: Alexis MP http://jpz-log.info/archives/2009/12/28/thoughts-on-foss-910-licenses/comment-page-1/#comment-5278 Alexis MP Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:39:02 +0000 http://jpz-log.info/?p=1226#comment-5278 I think you fail to discuss the different needs for different projects. If you want to make it in a linux distro, there's nothing like GPL. See OpenJDK. If you're writing a library or any software that will be bundled, Apache or LGPL can be appropriate. If you're doing standalone software, MPL, CDDL, LGPL, EPL, all sound reasonable. I think you fail to discuss the different needs for different projects.
If you want to make it in a linux distro, there’s nothing like GPL. See OpenJDK.
If you’re writing a library or any software that will be bundled, Apache or LGPL can be appropriate.
If you’re doing standalone software, MPL, CDDL, LGPL, EPL, all sound reasonable.

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