[Gluster-users] License option for the GlusterFS

Kaleb KEITHLEY kkeithle at redhat.com
Thu Oct 16 13:08:50 UTC 2014


On 10/15/2014 09:00 PM, Zhou Ganhong wrote:
> Hi, all
>
> I am confused by the License used by the GlusterFS. There are different
> descriptions in the web site. Which one is correct? Thanks a lot.

The community web site is maintained by volunteers. It is often out of 
date.

The one in the source is the only one you need to consider. It is the 
dual license GPLv2 or LGPLv3+. _Everything_ in GlusterFS is covered by 
the dual license.

--

Kaleb



>
> Here is the link that claims that AGPL is appled.
>
> http://www.gluster.org/documentation/community/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License/
>
> But In these links,
> http://gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Developers and
> https://forge.gluster.org/glusterfs-core/pages/Home, the below is
> mentioned. It seems that the client library is Dual License.
>
> License Change
> <http://www.gluster.org/2012/05/glusterfs-license-change/> - we recently
> changed the client library code to a dual license under the GPL v2 and
> the LGPL v3 or later
>
> // Gulf
>
>
>
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