[Libjit-developers] libjit licensing

[Aleksey Demakov]

Hi all,

Here we go again. Just before the libjit-0.1.0 release we discussed
relaxing the libjit license. However his step has not been taken due
to some disagreements.

I would like to bring up this issue again for the libjit-0.1.2 release.
The reasons for relicensing libjit are as follows:

* other libraries with a similar scope use weaker licenses
  (GNU lightning - LGPL, LLVM - something BSD-like)

* the current libjit license was already cited as one of the reasons
  the project using it was abandoned  (http://tromey.com/blog/?p=16)
  and  people keep voicing concerns about it as recently was the case
  with the ruby-libjit.

So I would like to relicense libjit under LGPL v2 for the 0.1.2 release
As far as I remember the last time we discussed it all the major
contributors has already agreed on LGPL v2. Are there any abjections
to this now?

Regards,
Aleksey