[py-dev] execnet / GPL licensing

[holger krekel]

Hi Armin,

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 13:51 +0200, Armin Rigo wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 09:36:42AM +0200, holger krekel wrote:
> > some of you know that i am considering licensing and general
> > funding issues recently, see here for the current licensing status:
> > 
> >     http://codespeak.net/py/trunk/faq.html#whygpl
> > 
> > However, i am considering releasing the execnet code under the 
> > GPL and the the rest under the LGPL.
> 
> I don't know if it is possible to change the license without agreement
> from all parties that already contributed code.  I would be rather
> opposed, in principle, to seeing my own code (12% of execnet, according
> to svn blame) being re-licensed LGPL or GPL.

my understanding: Your contributions - e.g. most of rsync.py -
would remain MIT licensed.  Execnet distributed as a whole
package could only be used under the GPL (if i GPL my parts
and future work), however.  Does that match your understanding? 

best,
holger