At Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:00:33 -0700 (DST), you wrote >On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:59:47AM -0400, Steve Stallings wrote: >> Will the s-o-b enforcement mechanism insist on GPL or will >> it also allow "compatible" or partially compatible submissions >> such as LGPL (like the original HAL) or totally unrestricted >> code (perhaps BSD)? > >You snipped both occurrences of "compatible" from Jeff's message, >and I think the answer to your question is there in the part you >snipped, if you combine in the background knowledge that LGPL and >BSD are both compatible with GPLv2/GPLv2+, see: > >https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses >
My bad. I had focused on the possible necessity of trying to parse the s-o-b for license references that might or might not contain the string that was expected versus the simpler concept of looking for a pre-formatted certification by the author that it was compatible. ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
