Re: [eigen] Important: Relicensing Eigen to MPL2

[Tim Holy <holy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Likewise, my contributions are tiny but I'm OK with whatever the stalwarts of 
the project decide.

--Tim


On Monday, January 23, 2012 07:21:10 am Eamon Nerbonne wrote:
> I've got virtually no code committed, but for the record: I'm OK with
> whatever license Benoit chooses.
> 
> Why not dual license just to avoid the discussions about license
> compatibility?  I don't think mozilla's argument against it (difficulty
> reintegrating forks) is really relevant for eigen.
> 
> --eamon@xxxxxxxxxxxx - Tel#:+31-6-15142163
> 
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 13:01, Manuel Yguel <manuel.yguel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Sorry for the delay,
> > (though I was so small a contributor that it should not really matter ;)
> > 
> > > 1. Would you agree to a MPL2 relicensing of the code you've
> > > contributed to Eigen?
> > > 
> >     b) yes
> > > 
> > > 2. Would you personally consider such a MPL2 relicensing of Eigen a
> > > good or a bad thing?
> > > 
> >    b) Somewhat of a good thing
> >   
> >   (I just did not answer a) because it is a change that affects every
> > 
> > user: they should read the MPL2, well most of them will not do that,
> > and for the new user it will be easier than with the old one)
> > 
> > > 3. Which of the following courses of action would you consider the
> > > best choice for Eigen?
> > > 
> >   c) Relicense to a liberal license (MIT/BSD).
> > 
> > - all the bests and thanks for taking care of such kind of things,
> > 
> > Manuel