Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [legal] Compatibility of GPL with Apache
i am subscribed to the mailing list of gpl-violations.org and in my own e-mail ninux...@gmail.com i received the mail that you can read: 2009/7/15 Karthik Venkateswaran karthik.venkateswa...@lntinfotech.com Hi all, I have a question with regards to compatibility of Apache license with GPLv2. Just for a background this question is for integrating two packages LUCI (Based on Apache license) and Openwrt (Based on GPLv2). Would like to know the following: 1. LUCI is already ported as a package on Openwrt, will it automatically be part of GPLv2. Considering that the package is built separately independent of Openwrt. 2. Might be wrong to ask this in GPL forum, nevertheless if LUCI (which is under a permissive license) is modified. Then ported on a proprietary framework including an attribution to Apache license. Is this ok? 3. Finally, if I modify the Apache licensed LUCI and port it on GPLv2 framework. Would the proprietary code be entitled under GPLv2? Please excuse my open ended questions as I am a newbie and am no Legal expert. Regards, Karthik Venkateswaran Project Leader Larsen Toubro Infotech Ltd. Cell: +91 9886676402 E Mail id: karthik.venkateswa...@lntinfotech.com Plot No. 25-31, EPIP Phase II KIADB Indl. Area, Whitefield, Bangalore 560066 T: +91 80 6624 2283 F: +91 80 6624 2424 INDIA +0530 UTC/GMT Larsen Toubro Infotech Ltd. www.Lntinfotech.com This Document is classified as: LT Infotech Proprietary LT Infotech Confidential LT Infotech Internal Use Only LT Infotech General Business This Email may contain confidential or privileged information for the intended recipient (s) If you are not the intended recipient, please do not use or disseminate the information, notify the sender and delete it from your system. __ ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [legal] Compatibility of GPL with Apache
i am subscribed at the mailing list of gpl-violations.org and in my own e-mail ninux...@gmail.com i received the mail that you can read: 2009/7/15 Hubert Figuiere h...@figuiere.net On 07/15/2009 02:35 AM, Karthik Venkateswaran wrote: Please excuse my open ended questions as I am a newbie and am no Legal expert. You are seeking legal advice, so you should be seeking legal advice from your lawyer. Hub ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [legal] Compatibility of GPL with Apache
i am subscribed at the mailing list of gpl-violations.org and in my own e-mail ninux...@gmail.com i received the mail that you can read: 2009/7/16 Peter Roozemaal math...@xs4all.nl Karthik Venkateswaran wrote: I have a question with regards to compatibility of Apache license with GPLv2. Just for a background this question is for integrating two packages LUCI (Based on Apache license) and Openwrt (Based on GPLv2). A good starting point would be to look at what the FSF says about license compatibility: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html Would like to know the following: 1. LUCI is already ported as a package on Openwrt, will it automatically be part of GPLv2. Considering that the package is built separately independent of Openwrt. Nope, I guess LUCI is distributed as independent work, so it will still be under the Apache license. 2. Might be wrong to ask this in GPL forum, nevertheless if LUCI (which is under a permissive license) is modified. Then ported on a proprietary framework including an attribution to Apache license. Is this ok? AFAIK you can do that with Apache code. 3. Finally, if I modify the Apache licensed LUCI and port it on GPLv2 framework. Would the proprietary code be entitled under GPLv2? The answers depend too much on the details of how the code is actually used in the framework. There are people around that can give you commercial advice (under NDA if you want that). This Document is classified as: LT Infotech Proprietary LT Infotech Confidential LT Infotech Internal Use Only LT Infotech General Business This Email may contain confidential or privileged information for the intended recipient (s) If you are not the intended recipient, please do not use or disseminate the information, notify the sender and delete it from your system. Please don't send stupid disclaimers to public mailing lists. Peter. ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [legal] Compatibility of GPL with Apache
i am subscribed at the mailing list of gpl-violations.org and in my own e-mail ninux...@gmail.com i received the mail that you can read: 2009/7/16 Peter Roozemaal math...@xs4all.nl Karthik Venkateswaran wrote: I have a question with regards to compatibility of Apache license with GPLv2. Just for a background this question is for integrating two packages LUCI (Based on Apache license) and Openwrt (Based on GPLv2). A good starting point would be to look at what the FSF says about license compatibility: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html Would like to know the following: 1. LUCI is already ported as a package on Openwrt, will it automatically be part of GPLv2. Considering that the package is built separately independent of Openwrt. Nope, I guess LUCI is distributed as independent work, so it will still be under the Apache license. 2. Might be wrong to ask this in GPL forum, nevertheless if LUCI (which is under a permissive license) is modified. Then ported on a proprietary framework including an attribution to Apache license. Is this ok? AFAIK you can do that with Apache code. 3. Finally, if I modify the Apache licensed LUCI and port it on GPLv2 framework. Would the proprietary code be entitled under GPLv2? The answers depend too much on the details of how the code is actually used in the framework. There are people around that can give you commercial advice (under NDA if you want that). This Document is classified as: LT Infotech Proprietary LT Infotech Confidential LT Infotech Internal Use Only LT Infotech General Business This Email may contain confidential or privileged information for the intended recipient (s) If you are not the intended recipient, please do not use or disseminate the information, notify the sender and delete it from your system. Please don't send stupid disclaimers to public mailing lists. Peter. ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [legal] Compatibility of GPL with Apache
On Tuesday 21 July 2009 10:58:28 paolo del bene wrote: [quoted mail] Well, somebody should pay a lawyer to find out about GPL/ASL compatibility :) Short: OpenWrt is a distribution, the build environment is GPLv2 (unless otherwise stated), LuCI is a third party project like dnsmasq or the Linux kernel. At least the brcm-2.4 images use even at least one proprietary binary. No difference to any other Linux (or BSD or ...) distribution. Nevertheless I added a paragraph to [1] which might clear this up a bit. BTW, there is one gray area in OpenWrt: Any patches in the source tree should be delivered under the license the patched application is under. Maybe this needs some clarification somehow. Cheers, Malte [1]http://nuwiki.openwrt.org/doc/license -- ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
