Finally we switched the Imixs Workflow license model from GPL 2.0 to the modern Eclipse Public License – v 2.0
The Imixs Workflow proejct is now licensed under the EPL-2.0. The Eclipse Public License is a modern license which reflects the norms and expectations of an industry that has changed a lot in the last years.
As a weak copyleft license, the EPL is a middle ground of sorts between permissive options (like the MIT License or Apache License 2.0) and strong copyleft licenses (like GPL v2 and GPL v3.) A core requirement of the EPL – one that’s not part of permissive licenses – is that derivative works of EPL-licensed code must also be licensed under the EPL. As such, anyone who distributes a program that constitutes such a derivative work must also make their source code available. Find more details here.
In addition the new Imixs Workflow license model includes also a secondary license for GPL-2.0+ compatibility. In this way you can still license your work under GPL if you like.
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