On 04.09.2014 09:43, Lutz Prechelt wrote: > I proposed that one way to integrate the commercial-licensed > JxBrowser with the GPL-licensed Saros would be to turn the > browser component into a separate plugin and license that > under the Apache license. > > Stefan writes: > ----- > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins > > And now the "fun" begins ... reading that chapter it is even hard to > decide if you can develop a simple > Eclipse IDE Plugin using GPL as you are calling Eclipse Code which is > not licensed under GPL. > ----- > and later adds: > ----- > Seems we were never allowed to ship out plugin anyways ... at least not > with the original GPL. > > https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/using-the-gpl-for-eclipse-plug-ins > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs > ----- > > No, that is not a problem. > That FAQ and blog article are not written well. > The viral "thou shalt provide source code" clause in the GPL license > applies to _distributing_ software, not to running it. > We do not distribute Eclipse. > > See here, Term 3: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html > > Our GPL would be a problem for the Eclipse foundation if they > wanted to distribute a complete Eclipse download that included > Saros. > If an Eclipse user downloads Saros himself/herself, however, > Saros' GPL is not a problem. > Likewise for the browser component: If that is distributed separately > (which a separate plugin, by virtue of being separate, will), > it has no connection with Saros' GPL-ed code from the GPL's point of view > and is therefore not infected by it. > > Arsenij writes: > ----- > Wasn't the plan to switch to Apache Licence 2.0 anyway? > ----- > > Yes. But the emphasis is on "plan". > We need to contact 50+ authors, which will be a major effort. > We simply have not done this yet. > > Lutz 50+ authors ? Did I miss something. What I have seen in the source code (at least if the GPL header is present) is that there are only the following Copyright holders.
That is: The university itself and Riad Djemili. So in my personal opinion everyone that did not put his/herself into the Copyright Notice "is out of luck". But I think this is the lesser issue because the whole GOTO stuff is copied from ACE which is licensed under GPL. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Slashdot TV. > Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. > http://tv.slashdot.org/ > _______________________________________________ > DPP-Devel mailing list > DPP-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dpp-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ DPP-Devel mailing list DPP-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dpp-devel
