Re: [Rpy] License Requirements (Was: Is the AGP still making sense ?)

2013-11-29 Thread Laurent Gautier
On 11/29/2013 05:12 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote: >>> http://www.law.washington.edu/lta/swp/law/derivative.html > On 11/28/2013 5:58 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> There's no meaningful legal distinction between static and dynamic >> linking. And pre

Re: [Rpy] License Requirements (Was: Is the AGP still making sense ?)

2013-11-29 Thread Alan G Isaac
On 11/29/2013 5:41 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > you seem to be flailing around, hoping that maybe > there will be some loophole that means the law will work out to be the > way you want? Absolutely not. For one thing, I do not "want" one outcome or another. I just want the project to flourish.

Re: [Rpy] License Requirements (Was: Is the AGP still making sense ?)

2013-11-29 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote: >>> http://www.law.washington.edu/lta/swp/law/derivative.html > > On 11/28/2013 5:58 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> There's no meaningful legal distinction between static and dynamic >> link

Re: [Rpy] License Requirements (Was: Is the AGP still making sense ?)

2013-11-29 Thread Alan G Isaac
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote: >> http://www.law.washington.edu/lta/swp/law/derivative.html On 11/28/2013 5:58 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > There's no meaningful legal distinction between static and dynamic > linking. And pretty much everyone agrees that if you do either, f

Re: [Rpy] (New) License for rpy2

2013-11-29 Thread Nathaniel Smith
Minor but important point: if switching to GPL please make it GPLv2+ (I.e., use the "or any later version as published by..." language), not just GPLv2. This allows compatibility with GPLv3 code... On 29 Nov 2013 13:44, "Laurent Gautier" wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks to all for the participation, opin

[Rpy] (New) License for rpy2

2013-11-29 Thread Laurent Gautier
Hi, Thanks to all for the participation, opinions, and recommendations. While there are diverging opinions about what the license should/could be, the consensus appears to be that the AGPL is not the most appropriate. I am taking note and I'll work on having it taken off the next rpy2 release