[okfn-labs] License for pybossa sample apps

[Rufus Pollock]

On 26 November 2012 07:59, Daniel Lombraña González <teleyinex at gmail.com> wrote:
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> When you talk about the MIT license I think you are saying the Expat
> license, right? In this case the FSF says this (copy and paste):
>
> "For substantial programs it is better to use the Apache 2.0 license since
> it blocks patent treachery."
>
> Thus I think that we can choose between GPLv3 my personal choice or
> Apache2.0 as it is the alternative recommended by the FSF for Expat and BSD.
> By the way, what is the problem with GPLv3 for you?

We're talking about the apps here not PyBossa core right :-)

We want to make re-use for those apps as easy as possible (esp for the
example one). Thus, having something like MIT/BSD is better than GPL
or AGPL.

Rufus