On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 09:19:27AM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: Gergely Madarasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Btw this will mean that you won't be allowed to use other people's GPL > > code in libapt-pkg, right ? > > No, it simply means that any contributors to the library must accept both > licenses. Essentially, there is one license that is the GPL, another that > says something like this: >
Don't forget the importance of allowing derivative works to omit the QT clause. Otherwise, difficulty arrises when using parts of libapt in other programs licensed only under the GPL. > Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Jason Gunthorpe and others. You > may apply the terms of the GNU General Public License (the > GPL), Version 2.0, published by the Free Software Foundation, > to this program. > > In addition, the copyright holders relax a single restriction of > the GPL: you may link this program to a version of the GUI library > "libqt", published by Troll Tech (Norway), as long as: > > 1. The version of "libqt" is under the terms of the "Q Public License", > Version 2.0, which was published by Troll Tech on or before > 20-October-1999. > > 2. The source code of the version of "libqt" used is > > a) Distributed with the binary version. > > OR > > b) Downloadable by anyone, without fee, using a publicly-announced > URL on the internet, for a duration of at least three years > starting with distribution of the binary version. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
