Jean T. Anderson wrote: > Knut Anders Hatlen wrote: > >> "Bernt M. Johnsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bernt M. Johnsen wrote (2005-11-07 13:15:06): >>>> >>>> >>>> I have a quite handy emacs-mode for ij which I want to >>>> contribute. Is plugins/emacs a suitable place? >>>> >>>> There will be one .el file and one readme file. >>> >>> >>> A worry: sql-ij.el uses (calls) emacs' sqli.el which is distributed >>> under GPL (i think). Would that cuase problems if I want to distribute >>> sql-ij.el under an apache license as part of Derby? >> >> >> >> As long as we only distribute sql-ij.el in source form, not binary, I >> don't think there's any problem. I'm not a lawyer, though... >> > > Distributing Bernt's sql-ij.el source file contributed under the ASL > should be fine, and distributing anything under GPL isn't. So maybe the > readme could provide instructions on where to download the GPL piece and > build it.
Hmmm, what's the exact relation of sql-ij.el to sqli.el? If sqli.el is seen as a library, or a plug-in then sql-ij.el would have to be released under the GPL. Which obviously would not be acceptable as ASF. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCGPLAndPlugins I would advise asking tha ASF legal-discuss before adding this code to SVN. Dan.
