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Why not the GPL/BSD/QPL/my favourite license?

Recently discussions about which license to chose for which project provoked major flamewars in the nix community. There is a trend to put everything under the GPL or LGPL. We do not want to get involved in this highly emotional and political discussion. Our intent is to alllow everyone to use and modify Mahogany while preserving some form of control over its development. That is why we chose a modified version of Perl's Artistic License. It is both more and less restrictive than the GPL in certain ways. We do not believe that there is one right license for everything. The Mahogany Artistic License is much simpler and easier to understand than the GPL, so we feel more comfortable with it. If you want to do something with Mahogany and feel that the license poses a problem, please contact us! We do not want the license to be a problem and any reasonable request for deviating uses of Mahogany will be likely to be granted. If in doubt, ask us and we will find a solution.


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