[haiku] Re: Non-commercial code: Was: Haiku User Groups
- From: Kevin Ar18 <kevinar18@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:29:23 -0400
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 21:03, scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Well, we probably also need to do a review of all the various licenses
> > involved with the OptionalPackages and any outside sources that are
> > built into Haiku as there might be a few that limit commercial
> > distributions.
>
> > Here's a search of the source, which turns up 30 hits, and this
> > doesn't check all of the OptionalPackages.
> > http://haiku.it.su.se:8180/source/search?q=non-commercial&defs=&refs=&path=&hist=
> >
> > PDFLib for example... and even some old Be code... perhaps we could
> > get permission from the original authors to update the license on
> > these files?
>
> This is an excellent opportunity for someone to make a non-development
> contribution that will directly remove a TODO from another person's
> list ... in this case, most likely mine.
>
> A list of which software or directories contain "for non-commercial
> use" licenses/disclaimers, the respective copyright holder, and a way
> to contact them would go a long way as motivation.
>
> That list could then be sent to this list or even the haiku-inc
> mailing list: www.freelists.org/list/haiku-inc
>
> This would be the first step toward establishing how Haiku can be used
> in and by commercial endeavors, which was one of the driving factors
> in choosing the MIT license.
>
> Cheers
>
> --mmadia
Would writiting down the other (non-MIT) licenses be of use?
For example, some of the modules or libraries that use LGPL and GPL code?
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