One thing that might be doable and acceptable is dual licensing. If Clojure is realsed as CPL *and* GPL, it can be combined with GPL programs and it is not in any way more free than the CPL (say, like if you add BSD in the bag). In that way you can keep GPLists happy and still use CPL.
On Nov 1, 6:33 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I am an open source programmer and fan of Clojure! > I wanted to express my concern about your wonderful language project > in the > hopes it may help it succeed even more. > > Are you really sure you want/need to use the Common Public License for > your > language? The biggest problem I see with this license is that it is > not > compatible with the GPL. This means a lot to many people and I would > hate to > see you have to wasted time with discussing license issues when a new > license > would avoid all these problems. > > You may find this article informative.... > > http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/gpl-compatible.html > > Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
