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machine-drivers / docker-machine-driver-xhyve

docker-machine/minikube/minishift driver plugin for xhyve/hyperkit (native macOS hypervisor.framework)
https://godoc.org/github.com/machine-drivers/docker-machine-driver-xhyve
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Please declare a license #108

Closed fredjean closed 8 years ago

fredjean commented 8 years ago

I am not able to find the license under which you are releasing this (very helpful) code. Could you please add one?

For background, this may prevent some companies with a strong IP and compliance group from being able to use or contribute to this project.

zchee commented 8 years ago

@fredjean OK :)

fredjean commented 8 years ago

Let me know if you want to discuss which one to use. IANAL, just someone who spent too much time talking with them about licensing...

zchee commented 8 years ago

@fredjean Hm, I will add LICENSE now. but I do not yet understand the detail of License.

xhyve is BSD(2?3?), Also, a lot of wrote Go language project uses BSD-3 clause. So, I think better is BSD 3.

WDYT?

fredjean commented 8 years ago

Following the lead of the community is generally a good idea. The BSD family of licenses are very permissive and would be a fine choice.

It looks to me that BSD-2 is used by xhyve. (BSD-2 stands for the BSD 2 clause license.)

zchee commented 8 years ago

@fredjean OK :) I see. I'll add BSD 3 license later. Thanks for advice!!

FYI, Docker will official supports for OS X near future. If it's easy to use, I planned to add deprecated in README. Are license changes necessary?

fredjean commented 8 years ago

I would still recommend it. Publishing your code on GitHub does not grant any further rights than publishing on GitHub and forking on GitHub. It doesn't allow people to copy, contribute, install. In the US, you retain all rights to your code by default. Adding the license clarifies what your intent is.

この変更を考慮するためにあなたの光一ありがとうございます。 (and many apologies for the poor, automatically translated Japanese.)

zchee commented 8 years ago

@fredjean OK, I got it. Thanks for the easy to understand explanation :)

Also Japanese comments. I not good at English :P

zchee commented 8 years ago

@fredjean Added: https://github.com/zchee/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/commit/0ca005ce9fc204478675ac6692585fd4873f668d