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Revision as of 17:21, 20 December 2012
Switch ZNC from GPL 2 to another license
See https://github.com/znc/znc/issues/218
What we want?
- Ability to use stuff licensed under Apache license in ZNC
- Ability to use stuff licensed under GPL 2 license in ZNC
- Anything else?
The list
GPL 3
Pros:
Cons:
- Incompatible with GPLv2 and thus conflicts with "What we want": [1]
LGPL 3
Pros:
Cons:
- ZNC is not a library (Don't need to be a library to use the "Lesser" GPL license. Jreese (talk) 17:19, 20 December 2012 (UTC))
Apache 2.0
Pros:
- Most liberal license that still protects any project trademarks.
Cons:
BSD (2-clause or 3-clause?)
Pros:
- Extremely liberal license.
- 3-clause license restricts usage of
Cons:
MIT
Pros:
- Extremely liberal license.
Cons:
- Basically identical to 2-clause BSD license.