Hi James,
On Dec 10, 2010, at 8:28 PM, Gallagher James wrote:
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> On Dec 10, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote:
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>> Hi Dennis,
>>
>>> We recently changed the opendap license to the one you
>>> currently see because James felt uncomfortable using the
>>> Apache license.
>>
>> I was wondering what made James feel uncomfortable about using the
>> ASLv2 license?
>
> Nothing. Mathworks needs BSD on code they redistribute and changing/
> adding licenses takes time. I know that ASLv2 and BSD are compatible
> in a way that will let our code work with it, so I'm solving several
> problems at once (with a single change). If I felt that we had code
> that would benefit from inclusion in the Apache OS framework, I would
> have chosen that - and we might, but I don;t have time to sort out
> these things right now.
Gotcha. I guess my point is: isn't the same true in reverse? In other words, I
don't think Apache (ASLv2) is any more restrictive than BSD?
>
> So my decision is no slight to Apache - I think the Apache Foundation
> is doing some really great things.
Thanks, appreciate it. I'm also not trying to slight BSD or anything you guys
are doing. Just trying to find out if there would be a way to release it under
ASLv2 as well. I'm looking at using OPeNDAP's Java library in some Apache
projects and I don't really have the time to roll an ASLv2 version from scratch
(though it's been something I've been considering but just haven't found any
time for yet).
Thanks, again!
Cheers,
Chris
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