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co-IT / Lexoffice.NET

.NET library for the accounting software lexoffice
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International
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Licensing #2

Open nalsai opened 2 years ago

nalsai commented 2 years ago

Hi, I saw that Lexoffice.NET and Clockodo.NET are using the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. While I quite like that license, it isn't designed for software and Creative Commons does not recommend its licenses be used for software. Because it is currently not compatible with the major software licenses (except for a special one-way compatibility with the GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)), it can make it difficult to integrate CC-licensed work with other free software.

Wouldn't a license designed specifically for use with software like the GPL or the LGPL be better?

DerStimmler commented 2 years ago

Hi @Nalsai you're absolutely right. We'll have a look at the licensing and update it to a more suitable alternative. Thanks for the hint.