Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Jason Galyon wrote: > > >> On that subject >> >> Free as in Freedom >> >> Is Sword available under a dual license btw? This probably has already >> been answered but I am failing to find it currently. >> >> Some believe the GPL to be restrictive and freedom destroying. What >> about other open source licenses like the Python license for example? >> IANAL, but before I start a project I want to make sure I have the >> freedom to develop open source as I believe is the most beneficial to >> all. Has this been answered before? >> > > The licence issues have been discussed many times before; so many that > it is impossible to give one reference or brief explanation. I think you > should search for "sword-devel" with "licence" or "license" or "GPL". > > One important point for this project is that if the engine would have a > non-restrictive licence it could lead to many closed-source projects > taking advantage of it, giving nothing in return and finally destroying > our purpose. Personally I don't like GPL very much but looking at this > project and other Bible software projects (non-Free) I have come to the > conclusion that this is very much a valid point of view for this > specific project. Note also that my general preferences for Open Source > against closed source (and even against Free Software) may be even a bit > more "philosophical" than of some other Crosswire affiliates, and yet I > have come to this practical conclusion. > So practically, If I write a front end or a server app that dishes out the digested content through say, Rest Interface then am I forced to use GPL for both the server and the client or would this just be the server since it interfaces directly with a sword based lib/app? > Yours, > Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (with no x) > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >
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