[development] replace drupal.js with prototype.js?

Gordon Heydon gordon at heydon.com.au
Wed Nov 16 21:13:54 UTC 2005


Hi,

Even though they are compatible, the basic thing is that only GPL'ed
software is allowed in drupal. This is not a compatibility issue, but
more the philosophy of drupal.

Gordon.
 
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 08:55 -0800, Colin Brumelle wrote:
> I believe the two licenses are compatible.
> See:
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/16/05, Ber Kessels <ber at webschuur.com> wrote:
>         prototype is not GPL, it is MIT. we only allow GPL. I think
>         this is a big problem.
>         
>         Ber
>         
>         On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:23:23 -0800
>         Colin Brumelle <colin at bryght.com> wrote: 
>         
>         > I've done some work with Prototype, and have found it to be
>         really well
>         > thought out. I would love to see Drupal standardise on this
>         package for
>         > adding AJAX functionality. Prototypes inclusion in Rails
>         also offers some 
>         > guarantees that it will be around for a while, developed
>         further, and
>         > maintained.
>         >
>         > +1 from me...
>         >
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