On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Bill Morris <
morris@ee.ccny.cuny.edu> wrote:
>
> If this is the case, I think this deserves a warning on the wiki, and
> encouragement that the .msg, .srv, etc are BSD licensed or public
> domain.
I have added a bullet here:
http://www.ros.org/wiki/DevelopersGuide#Licensing
In general, the GPL causes us a lot of headaches -- not just msg
files. For example, it places restrictions on nodelets, etc... Jack
is busy trying to get the 1394 driver relicensed. I strongly
encourage contributors to consider LGPL or non-copyleft licenses
instead.
- Ken
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