Hi, Ngewi Fet <nge...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi everyone, > It occurred to that I did not discuss this on this list. > *[Disclaimer: IANAL, if anything I'm saying here is incorrect, please call > me out]* > > Basically, when I started coding, I just licensed GnucashMobile using the > same license as the Gnucash (GPLv2 or later). > Should I leave this as-is, or would the Apache License v2 be more > appropriate? > > The Apache license is not compatible with GPL v1 and 2, but is > compatible with GPLv3. (GPLv3 is a subset of APLv2) [1] > However, Apache is the license used by Android Open Source project [2] and > a lot or other Android libraries and apps. > > GPL is used quite a bit too [3] and is the license of Gnucash itself: > anyone who modifies the code must share the modifications. >>From my (limited) observations, a lot of the GPL apps are ports from the > desktop versions. But GnucashMobile is not a port. > > Personally, I prefer the Apache version 2 license as it seems to be the > preferred open source license for Android libraries > and applications. > > So what say you? I think it's up to you. You're not using any GnuCash code, so whatever you feel comfortable with using. I think either APL or GPL3 would be fine. It all depends on which you personally prefer. > Cheers, > Ngewi > > [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License#GPL_compatibility > [2]: http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html > [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_Android_applications -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warl...@mit.edu PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
