Re: libseed-list Seed License modification request



On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 19:40 +0100, Alexandre Mazari wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> You received this mail because you contributed code to the Seed project.
> 
> As part of the Webkit Gtk port, we are currently investigating adding an
> API to expose a GObject within a Webframe js context.
> 
> Seed already has most of the plumbing required to expose GIR types and
> instances in a JSCore engine so there might be a good opportunity to
> share this code with your agreement.
> 
> Though, this would expose a licensing issue. Indeed, Seed sources can
> only be redistributed in a codebase licensed under the LGPL3+ where
> webkit-gtk is licensed under LGPL2+. FSF advisors confirmed that
> redistributing some Seed-derived code within webkit-gtk would be a
> breach of Seed licensing terms.
> 
> The obvious solution would be to switch Seed to a LGPL 2+ licence
> model. Of course, this would requires an agreement from you, as a
> contributor.
> 
> Does such a request seem reasonable to you ?
> 
> Please make your answer public on the Seed mailing lst so we can be sure
> everybody is agreeing, and if not, for what reason.
> 
> Thanks for considering this and all your great work.
> 
> Happy Coding,

I agree of relicensing my code (if any is present still in seed) to LGPL
2+.

Regards

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