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IFS-HSR / SConsolidator

An Eclipse plug-in for the build system SCons (scons.org).
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Clarify License #26

Open misto opened 9 years ago

misto commented 9 years ago

What license governs the use and code of Sconsolidator?

mrueegg commented 9 years ago

Not defined yet. Should we use EPL as we've done for other Eclipse plug-ins in the past?

PeterSommerlad commented 9 years ago

No, that would allow others to just take it and sell it.

Dual license, lgpl and optional commercial on request wpuld be my best guess.

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mrueegg commented 9 years ago

Something like this, or do you have a better example?

Copyright (C) 2014, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil. All rights reserved.

This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under either the terms of the LGPL

or

under ...

stuartbryson commented 9 years ago

lgpl would be great for us. We use scons for our projects and a lot my colleagues have expressed interest in this plugin. Do you guys have an ETA for getting the license clarified?

russel commented 9 years ago

@stuartbryson I am not sure why there is any issue of licence for use of SConsolidator in Eclipse. You load it and use it. Unless you integrate SConsolidator into a product you distribute, use of the tool has no licencing issue on product created using the tool.

stuartbryson commented 9 years ago

@russel - thanks for the info Russel. Our company is pretty strict and need a published license that states something similar to what you just said. I couldn't find anything about licensing except on this thread.

russel commented 9 years ago

@stuartbryson I think your company is being quite sensible. A project without a specified licence is, by default, writer copyright, except that lawyers make money out of the doubt and uncertainty because the default depends on the jurisdiction. Hence GitHub clampdown on un-licences project repositories. Every code repository should always have an explicit licence, even commercial projects requiring an NDA to even know the code exists.

stuartbryson commented 9 years ago

Any update on this?

mrueegg commented 9 years ago

I'm currently looking for an example text for a dual license (LGPL and commercial). If you know a good example text, please let me know. Couldn't find one on http://choosealicense.com ...

russel commented 9 years ago

Choose A Licence site will never deal with commercial licences since it is only about FOSS. You will have to get a lawyer to draw up a commercial licence for the company that will be the beneficiary. Obvious example here is Qt (but not PyQt which remains GPL and commercial rather than LGPL and commercial). http://qt-project.org/products/licensing

stuartbryson commented 6 years ago

Hey guys, We are still not using this product due to lack of license. But new hires have expressed interest in using it. Any chance of getting this finalized?

PeterSommerlad commented 6 years ago

For just using Sconsolidator, get Cevelop at www.cevelop.com which is free to use and defines a license (As IFS we also "own" Sconsolidator, because it was developed by our (former) students/assistants). If you want to extend and modify it, please contact me directly (or reply here) in a commercial setting, we can provide a suitable licensing agreement.