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wyvernlang / wyvern

The Wyvern programming language.
http://wyvernlang.github.io/
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Permissive License #28

Closed sirinath closed 8 years ago

sirinath commented 9 years ago

Can this be licensed under a more permissive license like ASL 2.0.

RobbieMcKinstry commented 8 years ago

I would humbly suggest MIT, since ASL 2.0 is not compatible with GPL 2. Duel-licensing is also reasonable. :)

potanin commented 8 years ago

Can someone please explain a bit more why not GPL? To clarify: GPLv2 (I think) does have the problem of forcing anyone incorporating Wyvern code to be GPL themselves, but I just want to see more specific examples of that happening.

JonathanAldrich commented 8 years ago

I'm happy remaining with GPL unless there's a compelling case to change the license, but if someone came up with a good argument that the research (or language) would advanced better with a more permissive license I would consider it. My first choice would be to move to LGPL, which would allow the Wyvern tools to be integrated into commercial products, but not to become proprietary themselves. I'd consider MIT but as Robbie says ASL isn't a great option due to GPL incompatibility.

Maybe we should ask contributors to the project if they're OK going to LGPL (or even MIT) at some point in the future if the project leadership believes it's the right thing for the language.