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Very interesting. Nice to have another option available. I've dabbled with the Stanford NLP libraries from .NET, but the GPL restriction makes it difficult to
by megaman22 8y ago
Very interesting. Nice to have another option available. I've dabbled with the Stanford NLP libraries from .NET, but the GPL restriction makes it difficult to actually use in production code.
https://github.com/sergey-tihon/Stanford.NLP.NET https://github.com/sergey-tihon/Stanford.NLP.NET
- rahimnathwani 8y agoI'm curious to know why GPLv2 makes it difficult for your use-case. Are you developing software that your clients install or host themselves?
- megaman22 8y agoIt's just very problematic to use anything GPL in commercial software, compared to MIT or Apache licensed libaries.
- rahimnathwani 8y agoI don't see anything problematic in GPLv2 if the software is running on your own machines.
- megaman22 8y agoThat is the problem. We're selling a compiled product that is installed on other people's machines. It's very complicated, and the guidance that I have gotten from bosses and lawyers is stay away from GPL code.
- krageon 8y agoNot if you know what the license actually means, which you will if you did it at a company.
- juliangoldsmith 8y agoLike others have said, the GPL isn't a problem if you're hosting a web application. The AGPL (Affero GPL) is what would affect that.
- megaman22 8y agoWe're still producing effectively boxed software, though.