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MIT or Apache 2.0 would probably fit best for a library like this. However, VLC is now dual licensed LGPLv2.1+ and MPL 2.0 which makes it a bit easier to ship on the App Store. MPL2 only requires source code disclosure for the MPL2 components, not all of a larger work.

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@chrisballinger thanks for your input. If, for example, a company created custom components that would plug in to the VideoCore pipeline (i.e. custom sources, custom transforms, or custom outputs) would they need to disclose that under MPL2? Or are plugins basically considered separate from the library?

The goal here would be of course they can optionally contribute those components if they are a fit with the core library (i.e. not doing anything that is completely out of scope of what the library is trying to accomplish), but if they make modifications to existing components from the library they should have to contribute back to the project.

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No objections from me. I like MIT.

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@jamesghurley Not sure about the specifics of MPL2 works in that scenario, but people should be encouraged to get their changes upstream anyway so they don't have to maintain a fork. MIT is probably the least amount of legal hassle, but I'm not a lawyer so I really have no idea.

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OK thanks @chrisballinger and @jeffreywescott - I will do a little more research on MPL2 but if MIT is the simplest then I will switch the library over to that.

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Hi James and crew,

You can have a look at these two summaries:

https://drupal.org/files/issues/licenses_on_github_2013.jpg

http://www.goodreflex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/licenses-copy.png

MIT license is so far the most popular for open source projects. If you want to give some freedom to the developer community then sure MIT is the choice. But if you want to force them then GPL I guess.

However, also check this:
https://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/files/gplusage.png

Best,

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@usman3d thanks for the summaries, I will read through!

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i like MIT. thanks @jamesghurley

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Moved to MIT licensing.

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