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

[Ben Summers]

On 30 Jan 2006, at 14:39, Martin Ebourne wrote:

> 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.

That could definitely work for me.

If anyone has any objection to 0.10 going out with the existing  
license, but to revisit this issue as part of the planning for the  
next version, speak up now.

Ben