Re: GPLed libraries dfsg compatible?
Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On the one hand you say the program barely uses the library, on the other hand you say the library is essential (you are not able to write a program that does not use the base library). This seems rather antonymic. The library is essential. Any other interpretation of what I said can be blamed on my bad english ;) Moritz -- Moritz Lenz http://moritz.faui2k3.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: GPLed libraries dfsg compatible?
This one time, at band camp, Moritz Lenz said: Hello, I want to debianize EiffelStudio, a compiler and IDE for the programming language eiffel. It is dual-licenced under a commercial licence and under GPL. Included in EiffelStudio is the so called Base Library, released under the GPL as well. This library is absolutely nesseary for programming with eiffel, you are not able to write any program that does not use the Base Library. With this licencing model you are forced to release your programs written in EiffelStudio (GPL version) under the GPL as well. Can we regard this software as dfsg compatible? Absolutely. It is a viral license, but that is the point, and Debian considers the GPL to be free. -- - | ,''`.Stephen Gran | | : :' :[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `'Debian user, admin, and developer | |`- http://www.debian.org | - signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: GPLed libraries dfsg compatible?
Hi, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Moritz Lenz said: Hello, I want to debianize EiffelStudio, a compiler and IDE for the programming language eiffel. It is dual-licenced under a commercial licence and under GPL. Included in EiffelStudio is the so called Base Library, released under the GPL as well. This library is absolutely nesseary for programming with eiffel, you are not able to write any program that does not use the Base Library. With this licencing model you are forced to release your programs written in EiffelStudio (GPL version) under the GPL as well. Can we regard this software as dfsg compatible? Absolutely. It is a viral license, but that is the point, and Debian considers the GPL to be free. I know that GPL is free in dfsg-terms, I was just unsure because in this case it limits your control over the results of your work (A new program can hardly be considered as derived work from a library it barely uses, can it?). But if there are no doubts in this case I'm glad ;) Best regards, Moritz -- Moritz Lenz http://moritz.faui2k3.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: GPLed libraries dfsg compatible?
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 10:38:14PM +0200, Moritz Lenz wrote: Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Moritz Lenz said: Included in EiffelStudio is the so called Base Library, released under the GPL as well. This library is absolutely nesseary for programming with eiffel, you are not able to write any program that does not use the Base Library. (A new program can hardly be considered as derived work from a library it barely uses, can it?). On the one hand you say the program barely uses the library, on the other hand you say the library is essential (you are not able to write a program that does not use the base library). This seems rather antonymic. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
