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switched license over from LGPLv3 to Apache2
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Copyright 2013 Brightcove, Inc. | ||
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | ||
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | ||
You may obtain a copy of the License at | ||
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | ||
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | ||
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | ||
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | ||
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | ||
limitations under the License. |
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Hi, I have to make a presentation at school, so I would like to ask, why did you change the licence??
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We switched because LGPL is both more restrictive and more confusing for contributors. At first glance it looks like GPL, which says that any software the code touches must also be open source. LGPL does not have the requirement, but requires that any beneficial changes made to the codebase MUST be submitted back to the project. Apache is similar to MIT, use as you wish. We're considering switching to MIT, because it's more easily recognized by your average developer, but Apache can be easier to get approval on from corporate legal because it covers more things.