[udig-devel] JGrass goes (mostly) LGPL - try II

[Andrea Antonello]

> That is great news; once we make the first download of your tools 
> available to people you will see a lot more use ;-) We can include a
> mix of various licenses in our sample uDig application - it is just 
> important to us that the framework parts (ie plugin extension points
> and interfaces is LGPL so people from all walks of life can
> contribute).

Yes, that is exactly why we are doing it. The framework really needs
that and we should be able to contribute quite a bit in the future :)

> Andrea can you post this email as a news announcement on the uDig
> site? As you indicate this is an important step for JGrass.

Done, it is on the site.

Andrea


> Jody
> 
> Andrea Antonello wrote:
> > Hi folks, 
> > I tried to send this mail already a week ago but for some reason it
> > didn't come through to the list. Time to check that it really
> > didn't, to get buried under a pile of work, to get sick and well
> > again and here I go for a second try (copy/paste from the first):
> >
> > Even if I was very offline since Victoria (two week of leftover
> > work :)), some important things happened. I think the most
> > important is the fact that a big chunk of the JGrass code will go
> > LGPL. I really feel that we need to better integrate into the udig
> > codebase at some point and, apart of actually writing code, that is
> > the best way to get started. 
> > So everything of JGrass that doesn't contain strict
> > hydrological/geomorphological algorithms bound to the University
> > department of Trento will be put from GPL to LGPL. That means for
> > example that all the GRASS formats support as well as the Console
> > and OpenMI and base GIS tools code will go LGPL. Actually it is
> > easier to say what will not: the modules for analysis produced in
> > cooperation with the university will stay GPL.
> >
> > This is an important move for us and I really hope that the
> > udig/geotools/geoserver community will appreciate this change and be
> > able to use some of our tools at some point.
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Andrea
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