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license for GeoNode

From:
Sebastian Benthall
Date:
2010-06-14 @ 21:13
As we approach a 1.0 release, we are going to have to pick a license for
GeoNode.

This has come up before, but wanted to raise the question again now that we
have a public thread.

Any reason not to go with GPL?

(The ideologue in me is tempted by AGPL but I don't predict that flying
well...)

-- 
Sebastian Benthall
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org

Re: [geonode] license for GeoNode

From:
David Winslow
Date:
2010-06-14 @ 21:21
On 06/14/2010 05:13 PM, Sebastian Benthall wrote:
> As we approach a 1.0 release, we are going to have to pick a license 
> for GeoNode.
>
> This has come up before, but wanted to raise the question again now 
> that we have a public thread.
>
> Any reason not to go with GPL?
>
> (The ideologue in me is tempted by AGPL but I don't predict that 
> flying well...)
>
> -- 
> Sebastian Benthall
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>
I believe shipping a modified GeoServer obligates us to use GPL 
(although it is only a REST extension, so LGPL might be okay.  I forget 
how that goes.)  Once we start hacking on the security system I think we 
are in pure-GPL territory.

AGPL may be an issue if we are encouraging GeoNode-using organizations 
to build custom apps on top of GeoNode, probably best not to *require* 
them to open up those sources.

--
David Winslow
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/

Re: [geonode] license for GeoNode

From:
Sebastian Benthall
Date:
2010-06-14 @ 21:26
Ok.

I've heard murmurs about difficulty in packaging Extjs with our release but
it looks like the open source license of Extjs is pure GPL so there should
be no problem there right?

http://www.extjs.com/products/license-faq.php

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:21 PM, David Winslow <dwinslow@opengeo.org> wrote:

> On 06/14/2010 05:13 PM, Sebastian Benthall wrote:
>
>> As we approach a 1.0 release, we are going to have to pick a license for
>> GeoNode.
>>
>> This has come up before, but wanted to raise the question again now that
>> we have a public thread.
>>
>> Any reason not to go with GPL?
>>
>> (The ideologue in me is tempted by AGPL but I don't predict that flying
>> well...)
>>
>> --
>> Sebastian Benthall
>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>>
>>  I believe shipping a modified GeoServer obligates us to use GPL (although
> it is only a REST extension, so LGPL might be okay.  I forget how that
> goes.)  Once we start hacking on the security system I think we are in
> pure-GPL territory.
>
> AGPL may be an issue if we are encouraging GeoNode-using organizations to
> build custom apps on top of GeoNode, probably best not to *require* them to
> open up those sources.
>
> --
> David Winslow
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/
>
>
>


-- 
Sebastian Benthall
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org

Re: [geonode] license for GeoNode

From:
Ariel Nunez
Date:
2010-06-14 @ 21:36
List of licenses for the projects we use:

> geoext: BSD
> openlayers: BSD
> geoserver: GPL
> geonetwork GPL
> ext GPL
> gsconfig.py MIT
> gxp http://projects.opengeo.org/gxp/browser/trunk/core/license.txt

Others we may ship/use/modify:
Django: BSD
Postgres: BSD

Re: [geonode] license for GeoNode

From:
David Winslow
Date:
2010-06-14 @ 21:41
On 06/14/2010 05:36 PM, Ariel Nunez wrote:
> List of licenses for the projects we use:
>
>    
>> geoext: BSD
>> openlayers: BSD
>> geoserver: GPL
>> geonetwork GPL
>> ext GPL
>> gsconfig.py MIT
>> gxp http://projects.opengeo.org/gxp/browser/trunk/core/license.txt
>>      
> Others we may ship/use/modify:
> Django: BSD
> Postgres: BSD
>    
OWSLib is BSD licensed as well (Ohloh lists it as "BSD Copyright," not 
sure what that means.)

--
David Winslow
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/

Re: [geonode] license for GeoNode

From:
Sebastian Benthall
Date:
2010-06-14 @ 21:59
GPL it is!

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:41 PM, David Winslow <dwinslow@opengeo.org> wrote:

> On 06/14/2010 05:36 PM, Ariel Nunez wrote:
> > List of licenses for the projects we use:
> >
> >
> >> geoext: BSD
> >> openlayers: BSD
> >> geoserver: GPL
> >> geonetwork GPL
> >> ext GPL
> >> gsconfig.py MIT
> >> gxp http://projects.opengeo.org/gxp/browser/trunk/core/license.txt
> >>
> > Others we may ship/use/modify:
> > Django: BSD
> > Postgres: BSD
> >
> OWSLib is BSD licensed as well (Ohloh lists it as "BSD Copyright," not
> sure what that means.)
>
> --
> David Winslow
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/
>



-- 
Sebastian Benthall
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org