-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Caolan McNamara wrote: > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 07.02.00, 11:27:37, sam th <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote regarding Liscencing Issue: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > I don't know if this has already been discussed on the list prior to > my > > joining it, but it seems to be rather bad news. The liscence covering > > expat, our XML parser, is the MPL, or Mozilla Public License. The > rest of > > the program is covered by the GNU GPL. Sadly, we are legally > prohibited > > from linking between these two licenses. To quote the GNU web page: > > "a module covered by the GPL and a module covered by the MPL cannot > > legally be linked together." As it seems likely that Mr Clark won't > > change the terms of his parser, the only real recourse for us is to > change > > our license. I hope ferverntly that we do not have to do this, but it > > seems that way. If I am totally off base with this, someone let me > know so > > that I can pretend it never happend. > > Expat is dual licensed under *both* the gpl and the mpl. So it is ok. > > http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html > > C. > Thanks for clearing up the confusion. However, this suggest another change that we need to make. The sources for expat that we use all refer to the MPL, and a copy of the MPL is included with them. If we are instead distributing them under the GPL, then by all means we should say so. I will try to hack together a perl script to do so in the near future. sam th [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4nqNYt+kM0Mq9M/wRArJLAJ9nzs0E8SpVdsLSeDhJx2U9HkEpGQCgjRqg cPSZ7t/AIg0JurApxmwVUQw= =WC+z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
