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Please Add GPL License #304

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
There're handful of modules in Drupal (http://drupal.org) that need to use 
swfobject, however 
Drupal policies prohibit shipping module code with any third-party code that is 
not (L)GPL.

It would make integration/usage of swfobject with Drupal much easier if you 
could, please, issue 
second license for the library - GPL. Since the library is already licensed 
under MIT, much more 
liberal license than GPL I assume adding GPL should not be a problem?

Thank you!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ira...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2009 at 10:40

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Like you said, the MIT license is as liberal as can be, so the issue report is 
to
submit to the Drupal project team, really. We don't intend to add additional 
specific
licenses to suit the needs of other libraries.

And Drupal does allow to mix and match libraries, however it will not host code 
which
has not been released under GPL license. From the Drupal forum: "Commonly, when
people want to include non-GPL libraries in their project, they leave them out 
of
CVS, but include extra install instructions for downloading the library 
elsewhere.
Please consider such a solution to this licensing issue."

Original comment by bobbyvandersluis on 27 Apr 2009 at 11:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Bobby,

thank you for a prompt response. That is what we do now - instructions to 
download separately. However this 
creates number of problems:
1) It's not easy for an average user
2) Often API changes from version to version and an ideal integration should 
include specific versions, whilst 
website of external libraries commonly have just the latest version for easy 
download. 

Since dual-licensing is a common practice, I was hoping you might consider 
this, especially since Drupal is 
one of the most important open-source CMS systems (if not - the most), not just 
"yet another project" :) The 
requirement for GPL is not unique to Drupal, either, so it could ease the 
adoption of swfobject library in 
general?

Thank you

Original comment by ira...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2009 at 12:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Why don't you use one of the specific versions hosted at Google AJAX Libraries 
API?
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/hosted_library

This avoids both version issues and the need to host it yourself.

Original comment by bobbyvandersluis on 27 Apr 2009 at 12:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hm, nice suggestion :)

Thank you!

Original comment by ira...@gmail.com on 30 Apr 2009 at 9:53