>> However, we recently realized that the following licensing terms >> were present in the IDL compiler, which contains some SUN Microsystems >> code: > >Is the IDL compiler a separate part of the OmniORB and TAO packages, or do >they contain GPL-ed changes for it? (If it's the latter, I think it's the >same regrettable situation as KDE, i.e. not redistributable in binary form) > I'm afraid that it is the case -- I hadn't thought it through before, but you are correct. What are our redistribution options in this case? Can it be distributed as a source + diff type of thing? Or are we prohibited from even having anything to do with it?
> Please use separate source packages for the free and non-free > parts then. > Sounds like the best solution. I'll go ahead and do so with their new 2.8.0 release (in a few days). -Brent
