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Updated by Carsten Klein over 9 years ago
- why should I make you the copyright holder of a plugin that I devised and implemented on my own (or from scratch based on some existing redmine plugin)
- why GLPv3 only, why not Apache License 2 or some other FOSS approved open source licenses?
First, I do not want to make you the copyright holders, since you have no claim in what I devised whatsoever, and merely using your APIs does not imply that I need to transfer any (part) copyright ownership over to you.
Second, I do not want to use the GPLv3, I am fine with the Apache License 2 as it gives people the necessary freedom.
Unless you cannot come up with a proper approach as to licensing, I strongly believe that you will fail in your approach in making this an open source project and generate a vibrating community that both lives on and strives on added functionality by plugins.
In order to solve these issues, you need to give us, the plugin developers, some leverage, both in retaining our copyright and what is more, in the FOSS approved license of our chosing.
- why GLPv3 only, why not Apache License 2 or some other FOSS approved open source licenses?
First, I do not want to make you the copyright holders, since you have no claim in what I devised whatsoever, and merely using your APIs does not imply that I need to transfer any (part) copyright ownership over to you.
Second, I do not want to use the GPLv3, I am fine with the Apache License 2 as it gives people the necessary freedom.
Unless you cannot come up with a proper approach as to licensing, I strongly believe that you will fail in your approach in making this an open source project and generate a vibrating community that both lives on and strives on added functionality by plugins.
In order to solve these issues, you need to give us, the plugin developers, some leverage, both in retaining our copyright and what is more, in the FOSS approved license of our chosing.