On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:00 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > 1) all web2py/*.py and web2py/gluon/*py files are LPGL
+1 > 2) all web2py/gluon/contrib/* files are LGPL unless specified +1 > otherwise (MIT or BSD are possible for third party contributions) 3rd party contributions that were released as MIT or BSD cannot be licensed under LGPL because they're incompatible. e.g., BSD says "shall not place any more limitations yada yada" or something like that, and LGPL does just that: place limitations on what you can do by telling you not to close-source, etc. > 3) the official web2py binaries for Mac and Windows are freeware There's no need. You just have to point to the source code and you can still distrubite Win/Mac as binary-only even, under LGPL. > 4) the scaffolding app is public domain except for images/css/js files > which may have their own licenses. I dunno about PD. It doesn't exist everywhere. :) A better solution would be to offer unrestricted use provided intellectual property (logos and web2py name) is removed etc etc. > Is this more or less confusing? Yes. It's the nature of the beast. :) > How can we make it more clear? A FAQ that explains what you can do with the stuff. -- Branko Vukelić bg.bra...@gmail.com stu...@brankovukelic.com Check out my blog: http://www.brankovukelic.com/ Check out my portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbunny/ Registered Linux user #438078 (http://counter.li.org/) I hang out on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/foxbunny Gimp Brushmakers Guild http://bit.ly/gbg-group
