[Gsoc] License for code upload to google

Martijn Pieters mj at zopatista.com
Fri Aug 17 12:18:27 EDT 2007


On 8/17/07, Nikhil N <nikhil.n.n at gmail.com> wrote:
> The time for final code update to google has arrived. I would
> like to know the license to be given in the project hosting page
> for google. The Zope Public License is not listed in that page.
> This license being GPL compatible can it (GPL 2,GPL 3,
> Lesser public license etc) be used as an option for the
> uploading?.
> I have noticed many Zope related projects in the same
> site using these licenses (GPL 2 mostly).

Not really, no. The ZPL is basically a BSD-style license (without the
advertisement clause), making it GPL *compatible*, not GPL-like. The
ZPL does not require you to share your modifications when
distributing, while the GPL does.

-- 
Martijn Pieters


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