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I like to think that I understand most open source licenses - but that is just making my head spin. > The core of Ethereum will be released under the most libe
by nadams 11y ago
I like to think that I understand most open source licenses - but that is just making my head spin.
> The core of Ethereum will be released under the most liberal of licences.
Then why aren't they considering MIT? That's about as liberal as you can get.
> it will come with an amendment allowing it to be linked to be statically linked to software for which source code is not available.
NO NO NO NO STOP NO. Do not attempt to modify open source licenses without consulting with a lawyer. It seems innocent enough - but it could cause problems down the road. There is also some rules that say you cannot call it GPL anymore if you modify it [1].
[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#ModifyGPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#ModifyGPL
- badsock 11y agoWait, the sentence above the second one that you quote is: "In this way, while we have not arrived at a final licence, we expect to select one of the MIT licence, the MPL licence or the LGPL licence." They are definitely considering the MIT licence. Did they do a ninja edit? I definitely agree with you about the amendment thing.
- nadams 11y ago> They are definitely considering the MIT licence. Did they do a ninja edit? Perhaps my head was spinning from the vagueness of their license decision and I just overlooked it.