On Wed, Nov 1, 2017, at 18:43, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > > I'm not pointing it out to switch it out. Rather, I've heard from many GPL > > proponents that linking/importing GPL in BSD code is fine, and saying the > > opposite is simply FUD. So I'm wondering whether SPORCO is unwittingly > > illegal or simply bearing this out. Know of any cases where this has been > > specifically tested? > > You can combine GPL and BSD code, and it's certainly not illegal; it's > just that you may have to treat the combined work as being under the > GPL.
And advertise it as such; whereas scikit-image explicitly labels itself as BSD. In a sense, not too dissimilar from packages released under BSD, but then implement patented algorithms. You have to make your users aware of what they're getting themselves into. Stéfan _______________________________________________ scikit-image mailing list scikit-image@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scikit-image
