[Box Backup-dev] Licensing (was: Who did what?)

[Martin Ebourne]

Ben Summers <ben@fluffy.co.uk> wrote:
> My main problem with the GPL license is that it would stop me from  
> using my own code in my own projects unless every single developer  
> assigned me a license to use it outside the GPL. (And then why should 
>  I be a special case?) And I do use this code, because Box is a nice  
> set of libraries for building stuff. Or I could fork from my last  
> version, but then I wouldn't contribute to the open version because  
> as they diverge, it'll get more and more hassle.
>
> I would be happy with splitting things into Box (the framework) as  
> BSD, and Box Backup (the application) as GPL. But how messy is that?

I understand the problem and agree with your points. Obviously only you 
know how you use your framework and it doesn't matter to us so I won't 
go there. But a possible solution *may* be to make the framework LGPL. 
That would allow use for and by commercial programs, but still require 
changes to the framework itself be returned to the community. This is 
just a suggestion, so if it's no good for any reason then no problem.

Cheers,

Martin.