Request for Licensing Change to Facilitate Wider Adoption

[ivo-ferro-olx]

Dear PostGIS team,

Would you consider changing the library's licensing from LGPL to a more permissive option, such as Apache, MIT, or BSD? Many projects have strict compliance guidelines that restrict the use of LGPL-licensed libraries. Permissive licenses would enable broader community engagement and ease of integration into projects with such restrictions.

Switching to a more permissive license could increase the library's adoption and community contributions. As the official driver implementation, obtaining a more widely accepted license is desirable.

Thank you for considering this suggestion.

[phillipross]

@ivo-ferro-olx thanks for the inquiry. This question/issue has popped up many times over the years but received little attention. I'll ping the PostGIS steering committee and see if I can get some attention around it again.

[ivo-ferro-olx]

Thank you, @phillipross. I am looking forward to hearing from you.