Hi all, This is just a notification that I have switched GnucashMobile for Android to the Apache license v2. Thanks for the input and discussion around this.
Cheers, Ngewi On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: > 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
