ZPoPyDA license (was: [Zope] Thread-safe PostgreSQL adaptor?)
hi, Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee> wrote:
This database adapter is released under the GPL Licence.
AFAIK this is the only DA with GPL license. Both Zope and python have much freer licenses making GPL probably a poor choice if you "aims to replace the current ZPygresql DA".
What is the reason behind GPL'ing it ?
we strongly belive in free software.
If you you hope to make money selling commercial licences I doubt it will work.
absolutely! it will never work! if you go for free software you have to make money on other things than licenses. that's why we choosed the gpl.
Many peaople are afraid of contaminating their work with smallish GPL products and would rather use inferior but free products.
many people try to *speculate* by using free software without giving back to the community. imho a license that allows that is a bad license. the only good reason for changing the license would be Digital Creations asking us to do so because they want to include ZPoPyDA in one of their products but don't want to be binded by the gpl. we are using zope and making money out of it and i don't like if they can't do the same with out work. but, for now, both PoPy and ZPoPyDA will remain GPL. ciao, federico -- Federico Di Gregorio MIXAD LIVE System Programmer fog@mixadlive.com Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact fog@debian.org All programmers are optimists. -- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
+----[ Federico Di Gregorio ]--------------------------------------------- | | the only good reason for changing the license would be Digital Creations | asking us to do so because they want to include ZPoPyDA in one of their | products but don't want to be binded by the gpl. we are using zope and | making money out of it and i don't like if they can't do the same with | out work. You don't have to change the license for this. As the author you can provide different licenses to different people. So if DC wanted to you alter the license you could license the code to them and only them under a different license to everyone else. You have that right as the author. (I'm not a GPL fan, but, its best for people to know their options). -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|
Scavenging the mail folder uncovered Andrew Kenneth Milton's letter:
+----[ Federico Di Gregorio ]--------------------------------------------- | | the only good reason for changing the license would be Digital Creations | asking us to do so because they want to include ZPoPyDA in one of their | products but don't want to be binded by the gpl. we are using zope and | making money out of it and i don't like if they can't do the same with | out work.
You don't have to change the license for this.
As the author you can provide different licenses to different people. So if DC wanted to you alter the license you could license the code to them and only them under a different license to everyone else.
yes i know. thank you very much anyway, federico -- Federico Di Gregorio MIXAD LIVE System Programmer fog@mixadlive.com Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact fog@debian.org Those who do not study Lisp are doomed to reimplement it. Poorly. -- from Karl M. Hegbloom .signature
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