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[Garrett Serack <garretts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll have this done by EOD tomorrow.

G

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From: coapp-developers-bounces+garretts=microsoft.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:coapp-developers-bounces+garretts=microsoft.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William A. Rowe Jr.
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 5:13 PM
To: coapp-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] Code?

On 5/17/2010 6:29 PM, Mark Stone wrote:
> I'll talk to Garrett tomorrow about licensing. That may be something I 
> can take off his plate, since you guys certainly don't want me 
> touching any actual code.
> 
> Off the top of my head I think we want the New BSD License for now, as 
> the least restrictive in terms of what code can be combined with what, 
> and the most flexible in terms of down stream changes if/when we want 
> to move to a different license.

Keep in mind patch contibutions upstream, back to the original projects, fall under a host of origin-project-specific licenses(!)

I would be concerned that the BSD family offers no patent assurances, and the AL offers all the same flexibility, with a higher degree of trust in terms of individual contributions.




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