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Consider licensing under a more permissive license #1

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hacker1024 opened this issue Jul 20, 2021 · 7 comments
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Consider licensing under a more permissive license #1

hacker1024 opened this issue Jul 20, 2021 · 7 comments

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@hacker1024
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Using the LGPL license will allow developers to use this package (leaving it open-source) without having to license their entire app under the GPL license.

Permission would be required from all contributors: @jgilfn

@vleeuwenmenno
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I am not familiar with it but I read that LGPL states the used library must be replaceable. Thus static linking isn't possible.
I am uncertain that Dart can do such a thing as it's unlike C/C++ but there might be other scenarios where this would apply in Dart.

@hacker1024
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I see. Are there any more permissive licenses you'd be open to switching to?

@gilnobrega
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@jgilfn is another account that I used in a commit by mistake. I'd be willing to change to an Apache2.0 license, are you ok with that? Is there any advantage of choosing MIT over Apache2.0?

@hacker1024
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They're pretty similar, so I don't mind. The MIT is simpler and seems more popular in the Dart community.

Thanks!

@gilnobrega
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It is very popular in the dart community. Let me think about it for a day.

gilnobrega added a commit that referenced this issue Jul 26, 2021
It is a much better license for a library as suggested by @hacker1024 in issue #1
@gilnobrega
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Feel free to make a PR if you wish to add your name to the LICENSE file

@hacker1024
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I don't need my name in the LICENSE. Thanks!

@hacker1024 hacker1024 changed the title Consider licensing under LGPL Consider licensing under a more permissive license Jul 26, 2021
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