Daniel John Debrunner wrote:
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?
...
Hmmm, what's the exact relation of sql-ij.el to sqli.el?
sql-ij.el invokes sqli.el, according to Bernt's description.
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.
well, that's a good point -- and I'm glad you raised it.
I was viewing the .el file pretty much like an xsl style sheet file, but
the fact that it's actually lisp and needs to be compiled sets it a
notch above.
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.
Bernt, did you produce the .el file entirely on your own?
If you did not, then it can't likely be committed/distributed.
If you did, then it would be worth checking with legal-discuss. This
issue hasn't been raised on that list yet.
-jean
