[sork] Change license of Horde sork modules

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Gregory Colpart <reg at evolix.fr>:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 11:48:53AM +0200, Jan Schneider wrote:
>
>> Alright, let's try this: I think we've took a wrong approach to this
>> problem. I'm pretty sure that no license was actively choose for this
>> and probably the other modules either.
>> The LICENSE file said ASL, the page header template (that appears in
>> all rendered pages) said GPL, and the library files said BSD.
>>
>> I fixed the template back in 2004, but obviously not in all branches,
>> at least the GPL is appearing again in the current code.
>> I changed the BSD lines to ASL in February when I noticed this
>> inconsistency because I assumed that the LICENSE files was chosen more
>> intentionally than the library comments, simply because people usually
>> don't have an idea what a certain license implies, but can read a
>> license fine. Eric can maybe say more whether he has chosen a certain
>> license for the Sork moudules by intention, or rather because by
>> copy'n'paste.
>>
>> Anyway, let's assume my assumption in February was wrong, and not ASL
>> was the intended license but BSD, which ich as much possible as the
>> other was round. We would be all set then, right?
>
> It seems good for me.
>
> With this new approach, could you fix all horde projects with
> similar licence ambiguity (Vacation, et cetera)? After this, do
> you see yet horde code under Apache-like license?

Passwd has ben switched (back) to GPL, Vacation to BSD.

 From the released modules Ingo, Mnemo and Turba still use ASL. IIRC  
only ASL 1 cause compatibility problem while ASL 2 was fine, correct?  
Could we upgrade to ASL 2 without asking all contributors for  
permission?

Jan.

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