Python API license
Can you consider using the MIT License instead of GPL for the Python API?
GPL is very restricting and the MIT License is GPL compatible anyway, but not the other way around.
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Can you consider using the MIT License instead of GPL for the Python API?
GPL is very restricting and the MIT License is GPL compatible anyway, but not the other way around.
Support Staff 2 Posted by aybars.badur on 03 Jan, 2012 01:28 PM
Hi,
You are talking about, python library right ? http://code.google.com/p/putio-api/ , it's Apache 2.0, I really don't remember why we have chosen Apache 2.0 instead of MIT or BSD but as far as I know its more or less the same, you can do whatever you want as long as copyright notice stays with Apache 2.0 license. You can include or modify the source, and use it in commercial or open source projects without any limitations.
Please correct me if I am wrong with the Apache 2.0 license, or let us know if there is any restrictions about it.
Thank you,
3 Posted by mofle on 03 Jan, 2012 01:39 PM
Yeah, my mistake, thought i read it in the Python library, but it was in the descriptior.xml in the Boxee app. Any chance of getting that changed from GPL to MIT?
I want to improve the Boxee app, but I won't consider it if it's GPL.
Support Staff 4 Posted by aybars.badur on 03 Jan, 2012 02:02 PM
Yes, I saw that now, but I think the proper way would be putting the sources of the boxee app to github and change the license - though we need to move the library and everything else there too. I'll do it in a couple of days, as soon as I find time, in the meanwhile you can consider it as MIT license.
Thank you.
5 Posted by mofle on 03 Jan, 2012 02:04 PM
Sounds good ;)
6 Posted by mofle on 03 Mar, 2012 09:55 PM
Any updates on this?