[Solar-talk] From LGPL to New BSD?

[Matthew Weier O'Phinney]

On 5/18/06, Paul M Jones <pmjones at ciaweb.net> wrote:
> Would anybody here have strong objections if I made future releases
> of Solar under the BSD license, instead of LGPL as it is now?
>
> Obviously, contributors to the Solar codebase have significant weight
> in this decision, and would need to be happy with such a change.
>
> Comments or criticism?

I'm for it. I actually made the same switch for Cgiapp earlier this
year; it's more commercial friendly, and doesn't have the stigma of
'viral' as associated with the GPL (and LGPL by association).

Basically, what it means to me as a developer is that others can take
the work, compile it into bytecode or encode it with a utility like
Roadsend, and distribute it with their applications. This can help with
security by obfuscation efforts, as the end users of (and hackers upon)
the app won't be immediately aware what code base was used.

So, all in all, I think it's a good move.

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Matthew Weier O'Phinney
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