Re: Re: Collaborative project and list fragmentation

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 17 May 2001 18:49 pm, you wrote:
> > The very first sentence in the very first definition of what
makes an
> > open source project states
> > "The license shall not restrict any party from selling or
giving away the
> > software as a component of an aggregate software distribution
containing
> > programs from several different sources"
>
> That is true, but one still has to be careful. There are many types of
open
> source licenses in use and they can limit your deployment options.
>
> Open source means that you'll release source together with the
application.
> This doesn't prevent you from selling the application (as Stuart
correctly
> stated). The trouble lies in components/building blocks. If you use
some
> open-sourced library/component/whatever in your project, its license
limits
> your options. If you, for example, use GPL-ed (GNU General Public
License)
> library, your application *must* be released under GPL license. That's
why
> it is commonly stated that "the GPL is a virus." If you use
MPL-ed (Mozilla
> Public License) library, your options are not limited that much - you
may
> or you may not release the full source for your app, as you wish.

<snip>

Your right to point out these issues, and the choice of license is
something
we need to seriously think about. (We could, in theory, even write our own)

Seeing as no-one has really lodged any overwhelming complaint, would anyone
object if I were to set up the UKHA Collaboration Umbrella Project on
sourceforge?

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