Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:24:52 -0400 From: cfuhrman@iwaynet.net To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Switching from LGPL to ??? License Message-ID: <999001492.3b8b8d94b71c3@webmail.iwaynet.net>
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Howdy, Can't really think of a better forum to ask this so I thought I'd give this one a shot. I'm the author of a perl module used for printing to remote printers. Within the next month or so, I'm planning on giving it a fairly complete overhaul to make it easier to maintain. Another major change that I'm planning on undertaking is to release it under a different license. Right now, the latest version has been released under the LGPL. Due to philosophical/political issues I have with the GPL/LGPL I have decided it would be best change the license the perl module is distributed under. Interested parties as to why I decided to do this can reference the recent fiasco w/ glibc: http://news.linuxprogramming.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-08-16-002-06-LT Giving credit where credit is due, a number of arguments made by Brett Glass have also influenced me in the past few months. So, this brings me to two questions: 1) Which license to distributed the module under: the Perl Artistic License or the BSD one. 2) What is the best means of changing the license? Basically strip out the LGPL and replace it? I appreciate any input into this. Cheers! - Chris Fuhrman cfuhrman@iwaynet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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