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Change license to BSD #21

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Snappy looks like a great idea and we'd be interested in using it in Mozilla, 
unfortunately the Apache license is not compatible with the current version of 
MPL. What are the chances of snappy switching to BSD or another MPL-compatible 
license?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by taras.g...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2011 at 10:25

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Apache license is actually one of the things we really like about Snappy. If 
you must change it, maybe go with something hyper-compatible?

Original comment by bryan.du...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2011 at 10:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Change is too strong of a word. A dual license should work too.

Original comment by taras.g...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2011 at 11:26

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

What do you want to use Snappy for? Dual-licensing can be a bit tricky, so we 
generally try to avoid it.

Original comment by se...@google.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 1:38

Added labels: Type-Other
Removed labels: Type-Defect

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

I've been planning to compressing various caches in mozilla to reduce disc IO 
lag. Snappy seems like it will fit the bill perfectly.

Original comment by taras.g...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 1:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by se...@google.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 2:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

I'd like to use it in the Linux kernel together with zram (which currently uses 
LZO). For that, AFAIK, it needs a GPL2-compatible license.

Original comment by zeev.tar...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 3:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Okay, sounds good.

Original comment by cdib...@google.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 4:17

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Sounds fine to me

Original comment by dan...@google.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 4:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

OK, we've changed the license to a BSD-type license. r20 contains the code 
updates.

Original comment by se...@google.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 4:15

Changed state: Done

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Many files still have a header that says "Apache License". Please update all 
files. Thank you.

Original comment by zeev.tar...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 10:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by se...@google.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 10:39

Changed state: Started

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Fixed in r21.

Original comment by se...@google.com on 26 Mar 2011 at 2:38

Changed state: Fixed