licensing: GPLv2, v3, and Apache

[ffm]

Apache or GPLv2 is fine. Anything that is GPL-compatable will be acceptable.

-ffm

On Dec 28, 2007 11:22 AM, David W Hogg <david.hogg at nyu.edu> wrote:

> Dear developers,
>
> Since I am *loving* my G1G1 (yes I recovered it from the brick I made
> it yesterday), I am inspired to finally get my planetarium software
> properly licensed and put into the git repository, with the hope that
> someday it will be part of the large menu of applications along the
> bottom bar.  That brings me to license.  Is there are requirement that
> OLPC items be GPLv3, or can they be GPLv2 and/or Apache?  If there is
> no choice, why, and if there *is* choice, why should I choose one over
> the other, from a development and/or technical standpoint?
>
> I don't want to start a hell-storm of philosophy; I, too have strong
> opinions about licensing and IP and etc and etc; I just want to know
> about the *technical* reasons and differences.
>
> David
>
> ps. My software is a simple, tiny, fast, and child-readable-hackable
> planetarium described here:
>
> http://howdy.physics.nyu.edu/index.php/OLPC_planetarium
>
> pps. Email me if you want to try it
>
> --
> David W. Hogg - associate professor, NYU - http://cosmo.nyu.edu/hogg/
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