[gdal-dev] Licensing Policy for drivers and applications

[Matt Wilkie]

> then you can
> honestly claim that any violation happened beyond your control

...except that Frank is the principle organizer/maintainer behind 
OSGeo4W as well as GDAL.

Not that this necessarily contravenes your main point, that since the 
gray area is in o4w and not gdal that's where the license 
agreeing/denying logic should take place.

I do hope this policy or something like it come to be, whether in gdal 
or osgeo4w. I work in both worlds and a more easeful coexistence, 
without obscuring or hiding the legal differences and responsibilities, 
is welcome. Personally I don't see osgeo4w's bundling or the current RFC 
under discussion to be much different from enabling Ubuntu's universe 
and restricted-driver repositories.


matt wilkie
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