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List:       geos-devel
Subject:    Re: [geos-devel] Will GEOS license follow JTS?
From:       Howard Butler <howard () hobu ! co>
Date:       2014-02-24 14:27:51
Message-ID: 40A87114-0B72-4ECB-ADDD-A9957F5E531E () hobu ! co
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On Feb 24, 2014, at 4:38 AM, Pepijn Van Eeckhoudt <pepijn@vaneeckhoudt.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> As part of the move of to LocationTech it seems JTS is going to be relicensed to \
> BSD and/or EPL. Since JTS is kind of the upstream project for GEOS, I was wondering \
> if GEOS was going to follow this example or not?

No.

> I know licensing issues have come up before and that this is a bit controversial. \
> Not trying to push in any particular direction here. Just informing what the plans \
> may or may not be.

No plans. Sandro (the developer of the majority of the GEOS port) is adamantly \
opposed to relicensing to any license like BSD, MIT, or EPL. It just isn't going to \
happen.

Howard


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