Comments on: EPL != Popular License http://wagenknecht.org/blog/archives/2008/04/epl-not-popular.html Me, my family, whatever I like, whatever I want to write about! Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: EPL Now Availabe on Google Code « Ian Skerrett http://wagenknecht.org/blog/archives/2008/04/epl-not-popular.html/comment-page-1#comment-13183 EPL Now Availabe on Google Code « Ian Skerrett Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:03:07 +0000 http://wagenknecht.org/blog/?p=165#comment-13183 [...] had been asking Google to add the EPL but I think more importantly the Eclipse community has been very vocal about wanting the ability to use EPL for their projects on Google Code.  This is a great example [...] [...] had been asking Google to add the EPL but I think more importantly the Eclipse community has been very vocal about wanting the ability to use EPL for their projects on Google Code.  This is a great example [...]

]]> By: Gunnar Wagenknecht http://wagenknecht.org/blog/archives/2008/04/epl-not-popular.html/comment-page-1#comment-13162 Gunnar Wagenknecht Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:52:52 +0000 http://wagenknecht.org/blog/?p=165#comment-13162 I used SourceForge before. I don't need the richer infrastructure. I found Google Code interesting because of its simplicity and performance. I used SourceForge before. I don’t need the richer infrastructure. I found Google Code interesting because of its simplicity and performance.

]]> By: Doug Schaefer http://wagenknecht.org/blog/archives/2008/04/epl-not-popular.html/comment-page-1#comment-13161 Doug Schaefer Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:49:18 +0000 http://wagenknecht.org/blog/?p=165#comment-13161 I think you're better off at SourceForge. They offer a much richer infrastructure anyway. And there are actually quite a few EPL licensed projects there already. I think you’re better off at SourceForge. They offer a much richer infrastructure anyway. And there are actually quite a few EPL licensed projects there already.

]]> By: Thomas Hallgren http://wagenknecht.org/blog/archives/2008/04/epl-not-popular.html/comment-page-1#comment-13160 Thomas Hallgren Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:44:55 +0000 http://wagenknecht.org/blog/?p=165#comment-13160 Personally, I like Googles position since I find it hard to believe that Open Source in general benefits from a plethora of licenses. I bet that some motivated lawyers could bring the number of licenses down to a <i>very</i> low number (3-4) that would suit just about everyone if they just gave it a try The whole arena of Open Source licensing is in bad shape in my opinion. This might stir things up a bit. The current situation is just silly and inhibits integration, distribution, and collaboration in a bad way that no one intended when the licenses were written. Personally, I like Googles position since I find it hard to believe that Open Source in general benefits from a plethora of licenses. I bet that some motivated lawyers could bring the number of licenses down to a very low number (3-4) that would suit just about everyone if they just gave it a try

The whole arena of Open Source licensing is in bad shape in my opinion. This might stir things up a bit. The current situation is just silly and inhibits integration, distribution, and collaboration in a bad way that no one intended when the licenses were written.

]]> By: Ketan Padegaonkar http://wagenknecht.org/blog/archives/2008/04/epl-not-popular.html/comment-page-1#comment-13159 Ketan Padegaonkar Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:23:20 +0000 http://wagenknecht.org/blog/?p=165#comment-13159 Google's position has been to reduce what google calls 'license proliferation', and unfortunately there's nothing we can do about opinions a particular company has, because that's their opinion, and they're willing to put their money where their mouth is. There are other options to host EPL'd software including sourceforge, codehaus, etc. @Tom I've used GWT, and I believe GWT is distributed under Apache License 2.0 and ships components licensed under EPL, I believe that's allowed under the terms and conditions of both EPL and Apache License 2.0. Google’s position has been to reduce what google calls ‘license proliferation’, and unfortunately there’s nothing we can do about opinions a particular company has, because that’s their opinion, and they’re willing to put their money where their mouth is.

There are other options to host EPL’d software including sourceforge, codehaus, etc.

@Tom
I’ve used GWT, and I believe GWT is distributed under Apache License 2.0 and ships components licensed under EPL, I believe that’s allowed under the terms and conditions of both EPL and Apache License 2.0.

]]> By: Tom Schindl http://wagenknecht.org/blog/archives/2008/04/epl-not-popular.html/comment-page-1#comment-13157 Tom Schindl Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:54:45 +0000 http://wagenknecht.org/blog/?p=165#comment-13157 So they have to remove their own projects too because e.g. gwt ships EPL code: http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/terms.html So they have to remove their own projects too because e.g. gwt ships EPL code: http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/terms.html

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