Re: GPL or LGPL ?

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo linuxave net>]

Alvaro wrote:
> 
> Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> >
> > "Derek A. Neighbors" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes, you are right, I haven't thought about this, but isn't it better to
> > > > let commercial applications to be developed with gnome-db? What do you
> > > > think?
> > >
> > > I think it depends on how much you value freedom and want others to
> > > respect it.  If you really want people to use free software and you wish
> > > to propogate it you would use the GPL and suffer a small loss in those
> > > willing to use the product.
> > >
> > > If your primary concern is making all parties happy and getting the most
> > > possible users than LGPL is the way to go.
> > >
> > > I of course lean towards exposing people to the GPL and making them
> > > understand their freedom, but I am somewhat of a zealot on this issue.
> > >
> > I value freedom, and I would like to have all software under the GPL
> > license, but I did it like this (LGPL) as this is how all the GNOME
> > libraries are licensed.
> >
> > And, the more I think about this, the more I prefer to license them
> > under the GPL, but I'd like to do it only if all of you agree with that.
> > So what do you prefer?
> 
> I prefer all the code covered by the GPL. But as Derek has said we can
> loss people
> if we follow this line, an worst, we follow a different line from all
> the others
> GNOME projects. I think that we can ask the Gnome Foundation about this
> issue.
> 
yes, you're right! I'll ask about this. And maybe having the libraries
licensed under the GPL could mean the exclusion of gnome-db from the
"official" GNOME releases.