Hi, Please don't use tofu mails. http://www.vranx.de/mail/tofu.html
* Kiril wrote (2004-02-17 15:18):
>> Then why do you want to use the MPL at all?
>There are two primary reasons
>
>1) A cleanup of the license policy of the project is needed
Do you consider the GPL to be unclean?
>2) A file by file license is more appropriate for the project.
No problem with the GPL.
>There are few classes which were initially released under the LGPL, some
>source that is of unknown origin (originally created for the project is
>most likely), new original source files get contributed, new original
>modifications to existing source get contributed, new non-original
>modifications get contributed, etc.... In short, it's very similar to
>the Mozilla structure of contributions as is described in the Mozilla
>license policy.
Sounds like the GPL is a viable option of the whole shebang.
>If the code has been modified from the original code in a manner that
>makes it specific to the project, or a new, mostly original, source file
>is created that contains parts of another original source file, and then
>a license (MPL/GPL/ and possibly LGPL) is applied to the file that
>pertains to the project as a whole, how is it a new license with respect
>to the original code when the end user has the option of using the
>modified code (in whole or part of) under the license the original
>source was distributed with?
The default is that you are not allowed to do anything. The GPL allows
you certain things, but not redistribution under a different licence.
(Your sentence is long enough to become honorary member of the
German language.)
>The end user still has the option of using the relevant original source
>under the terms it was originally released under, however the project as
>a whole is licensed under the MPL.
Nope, because the GPL does not allow redistribution in a mixed licence
scenario.
Thorsten
--
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face
reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.
- Malcolm X
pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
