On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 10:14 +0200, Peter Wehrfritz wrote: > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri schrieb: > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Michael Feiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Now, eCos is owned by the FSF and is licensed under the GPLv2 with a > >> linking exception that makes it completely non-viral. This exception is > >> more powerful than the LGPL, because the LGPL does require dynamic > >> linking or the distribution of linkable object files and additional > >> modification and reverse engineering rights. These obligations would > >> "infect" a project that would otherwise just use a non-viral GPLv2 with > >> linker exception. > >> > >> So I want to ask you to please consider keeping the core EFL components > >> and non-optional dependencies under the existing BSD-style license or > >> consider a non-viral copyleft like the GPLv2 with a linking exception in > >> oder to keep the EFL usable with eCos and similar free embedded > >> operating systems (FreeRTOS and RTEMS both use GPLv2 with linking > >> exceptions too). Dynamic linking is not an option for deeply embedded > >> operating systems. Often we dont even have a filesystem. > >> > > > > I really doubt this will happen. I don't have much code in Eina so I'd > > agree with those that have and I guess they'll not like it, as you can > > read in the long thread. Basically because what matters is that we > > want to keep a healthy community, we want your code in exchange of > > ours. Why can you use my code and I can NOT use yours? That's the > > question, the problem and the license went in to solve that. If you > > give us your code, we give ours. > > > > You might also consider that, as soon as somebody wants to use ecore or > eet with OpenSSL, statically linking is not possible at all, because the > GPL and the LGPL are incompatible to the OpenSSL license. Funny how you > can shot yourself in the foot, with the choice of license.
Isn't that why GnuTLS is out there. Seems a lot of applications are switching to it, instead of to OpenSSL. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
