On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:49:58 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> said:
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:03:35 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:50:08 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > > <barbi...@profusion.mobi> said: > > > > > On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, David Seikel wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:48:14 -0800 "Enlightenment SVN" > > > > <no-re...@enlightenment.org <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Log: > > > > > add missing licenses references, fix copyright, add link result > > > > > notice. > > > > > > > > > > Author: barbieri > > > > > Date: 2013-01-16 13:48:14 -0800 (Wed, 16 Jan 2013) > > > > > New Revision: 82911 > > > > > Trac: http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/changeset/82911 > > > > > > > > > > Modified: > > > > > trunk/efl/COPYING trunk/efl/licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > trunk/efl/licenses/COPYING.LGPL > > > > > > > > > > Modified: trunk/efl/COPYING > > > > > =================================================================== > > > > > --- trunk/efl/COPYING 2013-01-16 21:47:37 UTC (rev 82910) > > > > > +++ trunk/efl/COPYING 2013-01-16 21:48:14 UTC (rev 82911) > > > > > @@ -1,11 +1,23 @@ > > > > > -EFL comes with several licences. Listed are the > > > > > library/probject +EFL comes with several licences. Listed are > > > > > the library/project name and the license file covering it. > > > > > > > > > > evil: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > -escape: licenses/COPYING.GPL > > > > > +escape: licenses/COPYING.GPL (used in PlayStation > > > > > native) +eina: licenses/COPYING.LGPL > > > > > eet: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > -eina: licenses/COPYING.LGPL > > > > > eo: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > evas: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > +embryo: licenses/COPYING.SMALL > > > > > ecore: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > -embryo: licenses/COPYING.SMALL > > > > > +eio: licenses/COPYING.LGPL > > > > > +edbus: licenses/COPYING.LGPL > > > > > +efreet: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > +eeze: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > +ephysics: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > +edje: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > +edje/epp: licenses/COPYING.GPL (separate > > > > > binary/executable) +emotion: licenses/COPYING.BSD > > > > > +ethumb: licenses/COPYING.LGPL > > > > > + > > > > > +NOTE: If linked together, the result will be LGPL (or GPL is > > > > > Escape is +used) due that license characteristics. > > > > > > > > Hmmm, guess that means the BSD licences are useless, since it's > > > > all gonna be linked together anyway, and thus GPL contaminated. > > > > > > > > > That is right. For all purposes consider EFL = LGPL. We just didn't > > > change the license as it would require approvals. But effectively > > > it's all LGPL. > > > > incorrect. only if we make a single libefl.so is this the case. > > IANAL, and I don't think most of us are either, but this is a legal > matter that might eventually get tested in courts. Now while it's true > that all manner of bizarre things have been decided in courts, I suspect > that the viral nature of GPL and variants might be tossed out as it > tries to undermine the copy rights of others. Basically it tries to > impose copying restrictions on third parties copyrighted intellectual > property that the owner of said copyright material may not wish to > impose. > > As such, I'll state that all my contributions to the projects generally > known as Enlightenment Foundation Libraries and Enlightenment DR17 where > made under the BSD licence that applies to most of it. It was my > intention to have my contributions be licensed under that BSD licence. > Anybody wishing to place restrictions outside of that BSD licence on my > copyrighted contributions best get a lawyer. > > Yes I know, this is all silly, but people do take this shit seriously. > Just ask Google. B-) lgpl is very explicit that its boundaries are at the boundary of the shared library - as long as the library is a separate one (with some little gotchas which don't apply to us here), it doesnt cross it. gpl is a different matter. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
