[tei-council] TEI Licensing

[Martin Holmes]

On 11-09-28 09:20 PM, John Unsworth wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I just want to say, on this score, that I faxed an LGPL agreement to
> George Bina today, covering the TEI schemas that are distributed with
> Oxygen.
>
> That doesn't mean that LGPL applies in other situations, but I did
> want to let the Council and Board know that this particular case has
> been moved forward.  And for what it's worth, I think there should be
> one licensing scheme for all the TEI IP.

I agree. I think the boundaries between documentation and software are 
impossible to draw in the case of the TEI ecosystem.

>  I'd favor LGPL.

I still think BSD 2-clause is the best option. LGPL has annoyed me too 
many times by forcing me to structure my software projects ways that 
were inefficient and clumsy.

Cheers,
Martin


>  Creative
> Commons seems more oriented to content, and  I think our core product
> is actually software--because it's all ODD-driven--but that's a
> conversation we should have.
>
> John
>
>
> On Sep 28, 2011, at 5:48 AM, James Cummings wrote:
>
>>
>> Did we come to any sort of conclusion on the TEI Licensing
>> discussion? (Not that I could tell by re-reading the thread...)
>> i.e. something that could result in some actions?
>>
>> Frankly, I'd prefer to reach as much agreement as we can by email
>> before any November meeting because I recognise that a discussion
>> of licensing can eat up as much time as is available for it (and
>> much more than that).
>>
>> Just thought I'd mention it.
>>
>> -James
>>
>> -- Dr James Cummings, InfoDev, Computing Services, University of
>> Oxford _______________________________________________ tei-council
>> mailing list tei-council at lists.village.Virginia.EDU
>> http://lists.village.Virginia.EDU/mailman/listinfo/tei-council
>>
>> PLEASE NOTE: postings to this list are publicly archived
>
> _______________________________________________ tei-council mailing
> list tei-council at lists.village.Virginia.EDU
> http://lists.village.Virginia.EDU/mailman/listinfo/tei-council
>
> PLEASE NOTE: postings to this list are publicly archived .
>

-- 
Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
(mholmes at uvic.ca)