Re: [nodejs] preferred license for node modules?

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:23:44 -0800

 
Chad, you can use LGPL then, it's not very infectious.
 
David, you can use any open opensource license you want.
 
If your package is simple enough, it's just easier to use BSD. If your package is a large framework and it takes a lot of time to do, maybe GPL or LGPL is better, but it's a matter of taste.
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18.12.2012, 16:32, "Chad Engler" <[email protected]>:

I prefer to release under MIT or MPL; GPL can infect other applications that use your module.

 

-Chad

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Herron
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 10:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [nodejs] preferred license for node modules?

 

I'm curious about the preferred license for modules that are distributed through the npmjs.org repository

 

In particular is there any legal barrier to using GPL in such modules?

 

As far as I understand it, the legal barrier would be whether a module which uses a GPL'd module is derivative of that module.  I don't think that it would be, but then the LGPL license does exist for a reason.  

 

+ David Herron - nodejs.davidherron.com

 

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