ANN: Mach-II Simplicity (1.8) is now GPLv3 with Classpath Exception. Woot!

[Peter J. Farrell]

After extended deliberations and proposal by Team Mach-II and a period for public comment, Team Mach-II is proud to announce that  Mach-II Simplicity (1.8) will be released under the GPLv3 with Classpath Exception.  We made the decision to move to GPL for a variety of reasons, however rest assured none of the rights you've grown a custom to with the Apache 2.0 license has really changed.  We made this decision now because open source software licenses evolve over time and it's our due diligence to review that the license we release under is best for the benefit of the community and contributors alike. GPL is good for you because it mandates share and share alike.  The BER of Simplicity in our SVN repository just had the new licensed applied.

We added the classpath exception modifier to the GPL so you can still bundle Mach-II with any proprietary applications you may sell and distribute.  No need to worry - you don't have to open source your application just because you use Mach-II. The GPLv3 License is itself a copyleft license, but due to the Classpath Exception included in the new Mach-II license, you are free to use unmodified versions of Mach-II in any project, whether it be open source or closed source, free or commercial.  Team Mach-II highly encourages you to read our FAQs on how is Mach-II licensed and what you can do with the code for more insight.

(via Team Mach-II Blog - http://tinyurl.com/ylpzgmd )

Best,
.Peter
Team Mach-II