On 02/17/11 19:48, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
On 2/17/2011 12:50 PM, Eric Hellman wrote:
If list members would like to name and shame GPL incompatible
interfaces that they're stuck working with, have at it. If I'm
mistaken and there are none left, then I'd like to know it.
Well, the problem
Since the Metalib API is not public, to my knowledge, I don't know whether it
gets disclosed with an NDA. And you can't run or develop Xerxes without an
ExLibris License, because it depends on a proprietary and unspecified data set.
I'm sure that's legal, but it's not true to the spirit of
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Eric Hellman e...@hellman.net wrote:
Since the Metalib API is not public, to my knowledge, I don't know whether it
gets disclosed with an NDA. And you can't run or develop Xerxes without an
ExLibris License, because it depends on a proprietary and unspecified
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:50 AM, graham gra...@theseamans.net wrote:
On 02/17/11 19:48, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
Personally, I much prefer non-viral type open source licenses like
Apache or MIT for this reason. The GPL advocates argue that viral-type
licenses like GPL are more free because
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Eric Hellman e...@hellman.net wrote:
Since the Metalib API is not public, to my knowledge, I don't know whether
it gets disclosed with an NDA. And you can't run or develop Xerxes without
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote:
You can't combine non-open-source code and GPL code in a single project.
Yes you can, as long as as it is an in-house project.
The viral aspect of the GPL affects only distribution to third
parties, not your own use of
On 2/17/2011 12:50 PM, Eric Hellman wrote:
If list members would like to name and shame GPL incompatible interfaces that
they're stuck working with, have at it. If I'm mistaken and there are none left, then I'd
like to know it.
Well, the problem with viral licenses like GPL is that other
Somewhat on topic - I thought this might be relevant - The most recent
episode of the Free as in Freedom Podcast/Oggcast is entirely about
Copyleft and the basics of compatibility. You can check out the episode
here:
