Do I understand correctly: with this exception, the license the license requires all code used to
obey the GNU General Public License, except for the MMBase libraries.
In that case it still can't be used in most projects since most projects can't obey the GNU GPL.
Yes, this is true. If we would use this library all products build upon MMBase will have to obey the GPL. That's why I don't think this is a solution to this problem. This is one of the reasons the ASF (Apache Software Foundation) doesn't allow to use (L)GPL based software anywhere in their own projects.
Gerard
Rob van Maris Technical Consultant
Quantiq xmedia & communication solutions
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Sent: donderdag 26 juni 2003 21:01
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Subject: Re: Word filter for wysiwyg editor
I am willing to add an exception clause to the license as described in the GPL FAQ[1]. Something like:
In addition, as a special exception, R.W. van 't Veer, gives permission to link the code of this program with the MMBase library (or with modified versions of MMBase that use the Mozilla Public License Version 1.0), and distribute linked combinations including the two. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than MMBase. If you modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
Relicensing to MPL is out of the question.
Remco
