[OpenID] On OpenID 2.0

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Wed May 2 19:17:44 UTC 2007


Is it possible to release the JanRain license under GPL-then? And,
this might be the larger sticking point, offer it with Drupal code
style (seems doubtful)?

Chris


On 5/2/07, Josh Hoyt <josh at janrain.com> wrote:
> On 5/1/07, Rowan Kerr <rowan at sxip.com> wrote:
> > Drupal has a strict policy around coding style, external
> > dependencies, and GPL licensing.
> > (How is "bundling" a 3rd party library different from it being a
> > dependency?)
> > Anything non-GPL cannot be added to the Drupal CVS repositories.
>
> The 2.0 release of the PHP OpenID library uses the Apache license. It
> should also be noted that JanRain is willing to re-license the code if
> that's what it takes to make people use it. (Actually that's why the
> 2.0 release is Apache licensed. /me tries really hard not to start a
> holy war about licenses)
>
> Josh
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