GnucashMobile for Android License

[Ngewi Fet]

Hi all,
This is just a notification that I have switched GnucashMobile for Android
to the Apache license v2.
Thanks for the input and discussion around this.

Cheers,
Ngewi

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Ngewi Fet <ngewif at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > It occurred to that I did not discuss this on this list.
> > *[Disclaimer: IANAL, if anything I'm saying here is incorrect, please
> call
> > me out]*
> >
> > Basically, when I started coding, I just licensed GnucashMobile using the
> > same license as the Gnucash (GPLv2 or later).
> > Should I leave this as-is, or would the Apache License v2 be more
> > appropriate?
> >
> > The Apache license is not compatible with GPL v1 and 2, but is
> > compatible with GPLv3. (GPLv3 is a subset of APLv2) [1]
> > However, Apache is the license used by Android Open Source project [2]
> and
> > a lot or other Android libraries and apps.
> >
> > GPL is used quite a bit too [3] and is the license of Gnucash itself:
> > anyone who modifies the code must share the modifications.
> >>From my (limited) observations, a lot of the GPL apps are ports from the
> > desktop versions. But GnucashMobile is not a port.
> >
> > Personally, I prefer the Apache version 2 license as it seems to be the
> > preferred open source license for Android libraries
> > and applications.
> >
> > So what say you?
>
> I think it's up to you.  You're not using any GnuCash code, so whatever
> you feel comfortable with using.  I think either APL or GPL3 would be
> fine.  It all depends on which you personally prefer.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Ngewi
> >
> > [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License#GPL_compatibility
> > [2]: http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html
> > [3]:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_Android_applications
>
> -derek
>
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