Mike, 2015-12-03 19:17 GMT+01:00 Mike Gerwitz <[email protected]>:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 10:14:09 +0100, Catonano wrote: > > Hello people, > > > > If this is not the right place, I apologize. > > > > I'd like to apply the GPL license to a small clojure project of mine. > > > > I know that clojure requires the GPL to mention an exception because the > > clojure core libraries and runtime are released under the EPL > > I asked [email protected] about this in the past (considering the AGPL); > here's the response I received: > > One easy option for the code you write yourself would be to license it > under the AGPL with an extra permission: > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs > > You may also want to review this answer: > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#InterpreterIncompat > > > My end goal is this: I do not necessarily care if other EPL-licensed > > Clojure projects have difficulty incorporating my code, but I want > other AGPL- > > licensed works to be able to include my code freely. > > Because the code that you write would be licensed under the AGPL with an > extra (removable) permission, then other AGPL projects will be able to > use it without compatibility issues. Of course, they will need to add an > extra permission themselves if they also need the EPL-licensed > components. > > Also, if you make sure that you license your code under "AGPL v3 or > later" then future AGPLv4-licensed programs will be able to use your > code as well. > > I hope this helps. > > Francois > -- > Mike Gerwitz > Free Software Hacker | GNU Maintainer > http://mikegerwitz.com > FSF Member #5804 | GPG Key ID: 0x8EE30EAB > This is basically my case. For caution I wrote to them too, on Dec 27th, no reply yet. Is this normal ? Or i can assume that they missed my email or decided not to handle it for some reason ? The fsf docs say to include the license text in every file it applies to, but the github default is to add a single file to the root of the project. This has me wondering. Why the indication is different ? Isn' t this a legal standard ? Also the project includes some csv files that I extracted from some xls files published by a governmental agency. If I put a single license file at the top of the project, will it apply to the resources files too ?
