Phoronix: Wayland License Changing To LGPLv2
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Originally posted by allquixotic View PostWhy not at least LGPLv2 or later? It's good for license compatibility, and fends off the patent trolls, while still allowing well-behaved proprietary folks (i.e. those not trying to give you a trojan horse full of patents) to link against you.
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I'm saddened by this. Debates about licenses aside, this instantly restricts the number of places that Wayland can be used. (L)GPL code doesn't exist in any Xbox, PS3, Wii, DS, etc. games because those platforms are locked down (and yes, I agree that sucks!) and don't allow the applications to uphold the (L)GPL requirements. I forgot what the verdict on (L)GPL on iPhone was, but I believe it was the same.
Worst part is, there are people who would contribute back if they were able to use the code in the first place. But they can't because of arcane license incompatibilities because someone or another had to get a bug up their ass about making damn sure everybody shares always all times forever (even though most of the time that _forced_ sharing comes in the form of horrific patches that nobody wants to pull into the upstream codebase anyway). This is, in fact, the exact problem I already ran into with Cairo on a project I wanted to use it with but can't. We could have definitely done some performance work on it, and I have blanket approval to contribute patches back to any Open Source project we use, but Cairo's legal incompatibility with the Xbox precludes using it in the first place.
I guess this is just annoying me so much because Wayland was MIT and now just changed to the (L)GPL out of paranoia about people not contributing bug fixes to libwayland-client. Sigh.
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Originally posted by elanthis View PostThis is, in fact, the exact problem I already ran into with Cairo on a project I wanted to use it with but can't. We could have definitely done some performance work on it, and I have blanket approval to contribute patches back to any Open Source project we use, but Cairo's legal incompatibility with the Xbox precludes using it in the first place.
I guess this is just annoying me so much because Wayland was MIT and now just changed to the (L)GPL out of paranoia about people not contributing bug fixes to libwayland-client. Sigh.
And last I checked you could link to a lgpl library from proprietary code, so what is the problem?
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Originally posted by KAMiKAZOW View PostWhy does he hate the BSDs so much? They are no fans of the GNU licenses and keeping the MIT license would certainly help Wayland's adoption.
Stop and think about that for a second.
You are assuming that is why it was done, when in fact it could be an unintentional side-effect. Besides, nothing besides their own self-imposed restrictions precludes the BSDs from using it.
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Originally posted by XorEaxEax View PostAnd last I checked you could link to a lgpl library from proprietary code, so what is the problem?
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