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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 20 11:46:47 +0000 2007 ------- We asked FSF if such an inclusion should be problematic, and the answear we got bach was (passages marked ghk is from Gaute H. Kvalnes, a norwegian translator of OOo): ghk> This issue seems to boil down to a meta-question on what ghk> "compatible licenses" really mean: When we combine GPL-ed and ghk> LGPL-ed code, do the individual parts of the source code keep ghk> their original licenses, or must they all be relicensed to GPL? I think the answer to this is pretty staightforward, but please keep in mind that I am not a lawyer, and that the information is possibly not 100% complete, or that I may have misunderstood you. ghk> I can imagine two scenarios: ghk> 1. The LGPL-ed main part stays LGPL, while the module and the ghk> "one larger program" [1] is GPL-ed. In this case, I don't quite ghk> understand what the license on the program as a whole will ghk> cover. This is indeed what happens as far as I can see. If you combine them into one package, you should treat the overall package as if it were GPL'ed -- that will always fulfill all the necessary conditions for the LGPL'ed code, as well, which has more permissions than GPL'ed code, but identical requirements. I am not sure that I understand what you mean by "license on the program as a whole" in this case. Do you mean the combined package or do you mean something else? Quite frankly: From your descriptions it does not seem clear why you should not be allowed to distribute OpenOffice under LGPL with GPL'ed dictionaries as long as you yourself treat the entire package as if it were GPL'ed, which does not seem a problem from what you described as your objectives. Could you tell us who said that it was not possible to do so? There may be a misunderstanding or misinformation worth clarifying. Regards, Georg -------------- I would suggest OOo sent a formal letter to fsf to let them legally confirm this officially. It seeems to be a non-existent problem, that is: The dictionaries should just be incorporated and shipped. End of story. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
