Oh I should have clicked the link, I just noticed that code uses MS-LPL 1.1, which is worded differently.
The new wording is: "(F) Platform Limitation - The licenses granted in sections 2(A) and 2(B) extend only to the software or derivative works that you create that run directly on a Microsoft Windows operating system product, Microsoft run-time technology (such as the .NET Framework or Silverlight), or Microsoft application platform (such as Microsoft Office or Microsoft Dynamics)." This is a lot more ambiguous, whether or not the new word "directly" changes things. I think it doesn't, but it would require a more lawyer-y mind to figure out. On 29 November 2013 17:35, David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigah...@gmail.com> wrote: > The exact words of the license, as seen at > http://www.ohloh.net/licenses/mslpl (I couldn't find a better link for > it), are: > > "4. (F) Platform Limitation- The licenses granted in sections 2(A) & > 2(B) extend only to the software or derivative works that you create > that run on a Microsoft Windows operating system product." > > Excluding that term, the rest of the license is mostly a > differently-worded BSD license. If it only needs to be tested in > windows to ensure that it works there, then there should be absolutely > no problem including it in ReactOS, as long as the terms don't > conflict with the other licenses' terms. And GPL with the ReactOS > exception, as far as I can tell, allows it. I'm not a lawyer, though, > so I could be wrong. > > On 29 November 2013 16:17, Alexander Andrejevic > <thefl...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: >> Hi Ged, >> >> Are you sure that we can use software released under the MS-LPL? It has a >> rather weird >> limitation in section 4, which says that you can only use it on a "Microsoft >> Windows operating system product". >> Since ReactOS is not Windows, that would mean we can't use it. >> Please correct me if I'm wrong. >> >> Regards, >> Alexander >> >> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 02:58:51PM -0000, Ged Murphy wrote: >>> Hi Eric, >>> >>> I know this has been discussed before, but should we not just bite the >>> bullet and replace this driver with the Microsoft driver. >>> The MS_LPL license allows it to be used in reactos, and it would certainly >>> get rid of any unknowns and give us a reliable filesystem to work from. >>> >>> http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/fastfat-File-System-Driver-135bdf34/view/SourceCode >>> >>> Ged. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ros-diffs-boun...@reactos.org [mailto:ros-diffs-boun...@reactos.org] >>> On Behalf Of ek...@svn.reactos.org >>> Sent: 29 November 2013 14:06 >>> To: ros-di...@reactos.org >>> Subject: [ros-diffs] [ekohl] 61145: [FASTFAT] FsdGetFsVolumeInformation: >>> Return volume creation time. >>> >>> Author: ekohl >>> Date: Fri Nov 29 14:05:43 2013 >>> New Revision: 61145 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ros-dev mailing list >>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> >> -- >> Alexander Andrejevic <thefl...@sdf.lonestar.org> >> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
