Posted by
Sarel Botha on
Oct 12, 2005; 6:02pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-SourceForge-tp3704686p3704690.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:
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> Robert Dougherty
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: ImageJ + SourceForge
>
> It appears that not all projects on SourceForge are covered by GNU
> licenses,
> but most are. I'm concerned that, even ImageJ itself is kept in the
> public
> domain, a connection with SourceForge would encourage plugin authors
to
> use
> the GPL. As for the implications of various open source licenses, the
> most
> useful reference I've come across is "Open Source Software Licenses:
> Perspectives of the End User and the Software Developer," by Paul H.
Arne
> and John C. Yates, The Computer & Internet Lawyer, Vol 22 No. 8 August
> 2005.
> It is difficult to find it free on line, but a similar document is at
>
http://www.oslawblog.com/2004/10/white-paper-open-source-software.html.
> Part of my take-away message was that GPL is popular with programmers
who
> think software should be free. Their employers may have a different
view.
<snip>
Some developers are already hosting their ImageJ plugins at SF:
http://ij-plugins.sourceforge.netIt appears that they are using various licenses for these plugins:
Apache 2, LGPL and Public Domain.
Sarel