On 2017-03-21 12:27, Claudio Scordino wrote: > Hi Valentine, > > 2017-03-21 12:23 GMT+01:00 Valentine Sinitsyn > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > Hi Claudio, > > On 21.03.2017 14:12, Claudio Scordino wrote: > > Dear Jan, > > thank you for clarifying. Let's see how the topic evolves. > > In case, the easiest path could be the addition of the linking > exception > clause (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception>) to the > plain GPL just for the inmate library. > > AFAIR this still means reaching all the copyright holders and making > them agree to the change. Otherwise, it's an option. > > > Of course: whatever change will need the permission from the copyright > holders. > I just meant that adding a clause to the current license could be easier > than adopting a completely different license just for such library. > Sorry for the misunderstanding.
The trickier part is usually getting a reply from all contributors. If the license change is consistent and not too "creative", it will be the smaller challenge. Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RDA ITP SES-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jailhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
