Jon Stevens wrote: > > on 1/18/01 5:09 AM, "Stuart Roebuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've just had an email from Chris Seguin, the author of the code > > reformatting > > utilities. It looks to him that the GPL and Apache licenses are > > incompatible. > > He says: > > > >> The apache license says that the code is owned by the > >> Apache organization (and that it should remain open > >> source). GPL seems incompatible with this. GPL says > >> that the code is still owned by me. > > > > Can someone clarify this so that I can give him some firm information - > > apologies if this has come up a thousand times before - I couldn't find a > > helpful reference in my archives. > > > > I hasten to say that he goes on to say: > > > >> I might just start releasing it with a Apache license > >> instead. > >> > >> Also, I'm excited! I got Ant to work today!!!! > > Yes. The short story is that the GPL license and the ASF license are > incompatible according to the FSF (not the irony here is that the ASF has > not made such claims). Therefore, you cannot under and circumstances link > with (ie: use a .jar) or include GPL software within an ASF project. > > Your best bet is to attempt to convince him to release a BSD or MPL 1.1 > version of his software. You can also suggest to him that he dual license > his source code (like Justin Wells did with WebMacro) although that isn't > preferable as it leads to confusion IMHO.
I suspect that this has it's problems too. If he has incorporated other peoples code into it (and I think he has), he needs their permission (at least in an ethical sense, but probably legal to (IANAL)) to release it under another license.. > > Lastly, I would like to just state my own personal opinion (again) which is > that the GPL just plain sucks. You have understated how much it sucks. > > thanks, > > -jon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- David Corbin Mach Turtle Technologies, Inc. http://www.machturtle.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
