> From: Dave Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2008-07-18 12:19:31 CEST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [phpGroupWare coordinators] felamimail > > On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 09:23 +0000, Guillaume Courtois wrote: > > > I have finished the port - and it is looking good and performing well. > > > Yes there are files in the egw-pear module that is php licensed - and > > > those files are > > > crucial to connect to the IMAP-server. > > > > > > Looks like I have to use it for my own amusement - if it isn't possible > > > to have it as a > > > third-party-ported-module or something. > > > > Why couldn't you give it as is, as you said ? As a third party module there > > is > > no licencing problem, eh ? Maybe I'm wrong ? > > > > Anyway, I'm interested in it. Can you send it to me or put it somewhere > > please > > ? > > If Sigurd is to supply this code to anyone other than himself or his > work he will be breach of the GPL. You can not legally combine GPLv2, > GPLv3 and PHP licensed code into a single work (or any combination of 2 > of the above) and distribute it. > > Based on knowledge gained through previous breach of GPL dealings I have > had with the FSF, it is not possible to distribute such code as a third > party module either as it depends on GPL code. > > Under clause 8 of the GPLv3 your license can be revoked for breaching > the GPLv3. In the case of GPLv is it clause 4 which deals with this > issue. > > As I suspected licensing issues with this code I advised Sigurd to start > with an audit, a suggestion he rejected. >
If the application is gpl v2 - and I change it a tiny bit - it should be ok to post it somewhere for others to look at - right? Maybe others have the time and resources to sort out the concerns. Regards Sigurd
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