launchpad development|
Size: 1030
Comment: Refer awkwardly to internal wiki for now, to avoid redundancy.
|
Size: 1025
Comment: streamline
|
| Deletions are marked like this. | Additions are marked like this. |
| Line 5: | Line 5: |
| Don't try to do it alone. Instead, please mail the appropriate development list and ask -- the licensing of related projects may be relevant, due to license compatibility issues. For example, we released two LAZR packages, [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lazr.config|lazr.config]] and [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lazr.delegates|lazr.delegates]], under the [[http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html|LGPLv3]] partly because the most related community, Zope, uses a BSD-ish license. | /!\ If releasing previously proprietary code Canonical staff must follow the internal process specific to that situation. || Situation || License || (For Canonical Launchpad developers) Is management signoff needed || || Server side specific code || [[http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html|AGPLv3]] '3.0 only' || No || || Client side or general purpose code || [[http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-3.0.html|GPLv3]] '3.0 only' || Yes || || Code that needs to integrate tightly into some external project / has compatibility constraints || Discuss on the launchpad-dev list || Yes || |
| Line 8: | Line 13: |
(Note: Canonical employees open-sourcing internal code should also see the internal wiki for the process to follow.) |
Choosing An Open Source License
When releasing code as open source for the first time, you'll need to choose a license.
![/!\](/moin_static198/lp20/img/alert.png "/!\"){kind=small}
If releasing previously proprietary code Canonical staff must follow the internal process specific to that situation.
Situation |
License |
(For Canonical Launchpad developers) Is management signoff needed |
Server side specific code |
AGPLv3 '3.0 only' |
No |
Client side or general purpose code |
GPLv3 '3.0 only' |
Yes |
Code that needs to integrate tightly into some external project / has compatibility constraints |
Discuss on the launchpad-dev list |
Yes |
That said, generally we use AGPLv3 if it's server-side code, and GPLv3 for anything else. Never the or later versions, just an exact version number of the license.
