Should we use MIT license for repositories about docs HOT 10 CLOSED

@teemow commented:

Please think about Apache 2.0

All the other tools are using the apache license nowadays (coreos, docker etc). IMHO MIT is short, easy and permissive, but apache being a modern permissive license which is more explicit and detailed in terms of which rights are granted and which are restricted.

Created at 15-01-2015 11:34:49

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@luebken commented:

ping @marian @puja

Created at 15-01-2015 11:44:05

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@marian commented:

Apache is fine with me. Thankfully, we don't have to paste the entire license text in our work. Here is what we would have in our LICENSE file:

Copyright 2015 Giant Swarm GmbH

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Created at 15-01-2015 13:03:37

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@luebken commented:

Maybe we need to be more precise what repos we are talking about. I would guess for our examples (mysql-archiver) it's not a big deal.

But if we are releasing some tools (e.g. coreos clustering) the patent granding is a more important.

Created at 15-01-2015 13:33:41

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@luebken commented:

https://tldrlegal.com/license/apache-license-2.0-(apache-2.0)

https://tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license

Created at 15-01-2015 13:37:12

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@luebken commented:

+1 for using Apache.

Created at 15-01-2015 13:37:27

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@zeisss commented:

@teemow Do we want to change our existing repos too? they are under MIT so far

Created at 22-01-2015 16:16:47

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@teemow commented:

@zeisss yes good idea. I'd like to move anything to the giantswarm github account anyway.

Created at 22-01-2015 16:27:06

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@zeisss commented:

Made an issue for our other repos: https://git.giantswarm.io/giantswarm/giantswarm/issues/47

Created at 28-01-2015 14:35:36

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Closing this issue. Last status for example code: We use Apache License 2.0.

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