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License Question

From
Jamie Specter
Date:
Hello -

Big fan of psycopg2! 

I would love to use it in an Apache-licensed project but unfortunately, LGPL licenses are not compatible with Apache 2.0.  


Apache 2.0 explicitly states that we cannot distribute components under prohibited licenses (which includes LGPL) and our group wants to use that license.  

Is there any chance the project can be dual-licensed with a permissive option like MIT or BSD?  (You could even say the permissive license is only available if used in Apache 2.0 projects.) That will allow us to incorporate your work into our project!

There are many permissive licenses (https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a) and even some weak copy left licenses we could make work (https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-b).

 Thanks for your consideration!

-Jamie 

Re: License Question

From
Steve Crawford
Date:


On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 7:35 AM Jamie Specter <jamie.specter@gmail.com> wrote:
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I would love to use it in an Apache-licensed project but unfortunately, LGPL licenses are not compatible with Apache 2.0.  

...
Is there any chance the project can be dual-licensed with a permissive option like MIT or BSD? ...

That is a question better suited for the psycopg2 developers:

Cheers,
Steve

Re: License Question

From
Steve Crawford
Date:


On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 7:35 AM Jamie Specter <jamie.specter@gmail.com> wrote:
...
I would love to use it in an Apache-licensed project but unfortunately, LGPL licenses are not compatible with Apache 2.0.  

...
Is there any chance the project can be dual-licensed with a permissive option like MIT or BSD? ...

That is a question better suited for the psycopg2 developers:

Cheers,
Steve

R: Re: License Question

From
Federico Di Gregorio
Date:

---- Steve Crawford ha scritto ----

> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 7:35 AM Jamie Specter <jamie.specter@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I would love to use it in an Apache-licensed project but unfortunately, LGPL licenses are not compatible with Apache 2.0. 

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> Is there any chance the project can be dual-licensed with a permissive option like MIT or BSD? ...

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> That is a question better suited for the psycopg2 developers:

The psycopg developers are on this list. :)

And we asked the OP to write here so that everybody could follow the discussion (initially he opened a bug report).

federico

R: Re: License Question

From
Federico Di Gregorio
Date:

---- Steve Crawford ha scritto ----

> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 7:35 AM Jamie Specter <jamie.specter@gmail.com> wrote:

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> ...

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> I would love to use it in an Apache-licensed project but unfortunately, LGPL licenses are not compatible with Apache 2.0. 

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> Is there any chance the project can be dual-licensed with a permissive option like MIT or BSD? ...

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> That is a question better suited for the psycopg2 developers:

The psycopg developers are on this list. :)

And we asked the OP to write here so that everybody could follow the discussion (initially he opened a bug report).

federico

R: Re: License Question

From
Federico Di Gregorio
Date:

---- Federico Di Gregorio ha scritto ----

> ---- Steve Crawford ha scritto ----

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> > On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 7:35 AM Jamie Specter <jamie.specter@gmail.com> wrote:

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> > I would love to use it in an Apache-licensed project but unfortunately, LGPL licenses are not compatible with Apache 2.0. 

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> > Is there any chance the project can be dual-licensed with a permissive option like MIT or BSD? ...

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> > That is a question better suited for the psycopg2 developers:

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> The psycopg developers are on this list. :)

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> And we asked the OP to write here so that everybody could follow the discussion (initially he opened a bug report).

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> federico

Obviously not on "general". Sorry for the noiose. :/

federico