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For the code that I have written, I am completely in accordance with this<BR>
suggestion to use the LLGPL.<BR>
<BR>
However, Ben and Andrew and others are really the primary authors; unless<BR>
we reach consensus with them, and perhaps others, I don't see how we <BR>
can make the switch.<BR>
<BR>
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 23:45 -0500, Ian Eslick wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I am writing to see if I can restart the license discussion I saw a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">little of in the archives late last year. With the SQL backends it </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">seems more appropriate to release the next version of elephant as an </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">LLGPL code base to encourage wider adoption by folks who work for or </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">consult for other companies and can't use the existing elephant code </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">with a SQL backend in commercial software. It certainly makes it more </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">motivating for me to contribute to the code base as my lab (sponsored by </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">a bunch of companies) has expressed a preference for LLGPL in my own </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">library projects. I've had to strip all the GPL'ed outside lisp </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">libraries but am holding for the time being to see if elephant will </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">indeed reconsider its license. :) </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Regardless it's a wonderful system already and the first shot in awhile </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">for the lisp community to settle on a PODB. It's probably also helpful </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">that the code is maturing at the same time as AllegroCache is generating </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">some broad interest.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Please consider this my request for the LLGPL. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://opensource.franz.com/preamble.html">http://opensource.franz.com/preamble.html</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Regards,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Ian</FONT>
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