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oschwald / maxminddb-golang

MaxMind DB Reader for Go
ISC License
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Switch to ISC license #13

Closed oschwald closed 9 years ago

oschwald commented 9 years ago

I would like to switch all the code in this library to the ISC license. The reason for this is to make this library compatible with code that is licensed under the GPL v2.

@oxtoacart, @alicebob, and @ErikDubbelboer, as you all contributed non-trivial patches to this library, would you confirm in this issue that this is acceptable to you? Thanks!

erikdubbelboer commented 9 years ago

Yes that's acceptable to me.

What made you choose ISC over MIT for example if I may ask?

alicebob commented 9 years ago

Thanks for asking! Both ISC and MIT work for me.

oschwald commented 9 years ago

I picked ISC over MIT as it removes language that is no longer necessary under modern international copyright law. This makes the license clearer and easier to understand.

erikdubbelboer commented 9 years ago

Ok makes sense.