tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966353302263378647.post5478554361857492091..comments2023-04-28T02:36:55.899-07:00Comments on Tamas K Papp's blog: cl-cairo2: new maintainer, new licenseTamas K Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669947082318259107noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966353302263378647.post-8170331346826600012012-02-04T05:06:50.795-08:002012-02-04T05:06:50.795-08:00dr: The library saw more activity since the licens...dr: The library saw more activity since the license change (ie about a week ago) than in the year (!) preceding it. I think it is better to have an actively maintained library with a BSD-style license instead of a GPL'd library slowly succumbing to bit rot.Tamas K Papphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669947082318259107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966353302263378647.post-16607971898360824582012-02-02T10:06:10.514-08:002012-02-02T10:06:10.514-08:00Consequently, I received many complaints about the...<i>Consequently, I received many complaints about the license of the library, and decided to change it. I picked the Boost Software License...</i><br /><br /><i>The Boost license permits the creation of derivative works for commercial or non-commercial use with no legal requirement to release your source code.</i><br /><br />This is very sad. The whole point of the GPL is that you can't suddenly decide to close the source, which is exactly what those complainers must be wanting to do. A loss for the programming community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com