Archive for April, 2009
EPL ~= ASL
Boy, am I on some kind of blog binge this week. It’s amazing how a few weeks without travel helps.
Dana Blackenhorn wrote a piece earlier today discussing Matt Asay’s article on why the Apache license is better than the GPL. In his article, he states the following:
If your company wants to release its own code, [...]
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LGPL Pain
We have been having a debate internally at the Eclipse Foundation whether we need to add the LGPLv2 to the list of licenses that Eclipse projects can use or pre-req. Despite what you may think, this is not an straightforward conversation.
The most obvious question is why don’t we allow LGPL today? The answer might surprise [...]
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Licenses Matter
I’ve been thinking about posting on this topic for a while, and recent posts by Greg Stein and Eric Raymond have finally motivated me to get off my butt and git ‘er done.
As I mentioned recently, the EPL is on a bit of a roll at the moment. And that is a very good thing. [...]
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Value of Open Source
Last evening I was in Toronto for the “Value of Open Source” panel at the University of Toronto’s School of Computer Science. The panel was one of a series being organized by the Free and Open Source Software Learning Center (FOSSLC).
The evening was almost more of a conversation than a traditional panel, with moderator Andrew [...]
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Best Wishes
As you have probably read by now, this morning Bjorn announced his resignation from the Eclipse Foundation. I know I speak for everyone here at the Foundation and in the broader community that we wish him well wherever his path may take him.
Bjorn has made enormous contributions to the Eclipse community. Our development processes and [...]
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2008 Retrospective
I wrote this retrospective recently for a Board committee, and Doug Gaff gave me the excellent suggestion that I blog it. I am sure that it is of interest to many in the community.
The following is a listing of the 2008 objectives set by the Board for the Foundation staff, and some thoughts on [...]
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One Small Step Towards Reducing License Proliferation
License proliferation has been a hot topic amongst the open source community for the past couple of years. I am happy to report that the Eclipse Foundation and IBM have collaborated to do our bit to help by superseding the Common Public License (CPL) with the Eclipse Public License (EPL). This means that the CPL [...]
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Stating the Obvious
Bjorn’s latest blog post on “Not A Product” has received some passionate responses. It is important that everyone understand that the opinions expressed in Bjorn’s post are his own. They are most definitely not the consensus position of either the Eclipse Foundation staff or of the Board.
Bjorn has served the Eclipse community long and well. [...]
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