"J.H.M. Dassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 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) As long as the authors of the GPL-ed changes are in the project themselves and feel good about incorporating the non-free Sun code, that can be handled with an exemption clause. Which of course won't make the program free but will at least allow it to be distributed in non-free. The real problem arise if the same program also contains GPL-ed code whose copyright holders will not agree to an exemption clause [such as if the copyright has been handed over to the FSF]. [EMAIL PROTECTED] trimmed from CC: list. -- Henning Makholm
