[Monotone-devel] Re: static stuff

[graydon hoare]

Nathaniel Smith wrote:

> Hrm, another factum to throw into the mix: there was mention earlier
> of making monotone LGPL. I don't have a strong preference either way,
> and might even lean towards keeping it GPL, but it should be noted
> that adns is GPL, so a switch to LGPL would require the removal of
> adns.

yeah, I thought about this the other day, but -- under my hazy 
understanding of license hybridization -- I don't think it's a big deal. 
the assembled work (monotone + adns +++) would be GPL, but I can license 
my own files individually under LGPL, which is probably good enough.

if a proprietary company then *really* wants to make a monotone 
derivative, the cost of entry is them coming up with a replacement for 
adns which resolves MX records, and changing a couple functions in 
network.cc. they don't even need to ask my permission, just make a local 
copy, on their own, which does it. if they're feeling nice they'll PD or 
LGPL those changes and feed them back. if not, nobody ever needs to know.

-graydon