On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Ben Collins-Sussman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:34 PM, John Stoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have an open-source, GPL-licensed project. I am considering hosting > > with Google Code. My code has a dependency on a closed-source library. > > The author of that library is ok with me redistributing his object > > file, but is unwilling to make his source available. Can I include his > > jar with my code on Google Code? > > You have a bigger problem: if you have a GPL'd piece of software that > links to something else, that "something else" must *also* be GPL'ed > as well. (This is what some people call the 'viral' nature of GPL.) > GPL software isn't allowed to depend on non-opensourced (specifically, > non-GPL-compatible) software. You'll either need to persuade the > author to opensource his library, or stop depending on it and find > some other compatible substitute. Until that happens, it's against > the Google Code Terms of Service to host non-open-source code... you > won't be allowed to include this jar. > OK... though I did review the TOS, and didn't see that clause. It's pretty clear in Sourceforge's TOS. Can you post that clause, just so it's clear? -- blog: http://www.generosity.org/stoner/ 'In knowledge is power, in wisdom, humility.' --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
