Jon, hasn't this already been explained to you many times by now?
As the copyright owner for WebMacro I can release it under as many
different licenses as I want. Legally speaking, it's my property,
I can do whatever I like with it.
I have chosen to make it available under the GNU GPL so that it
is accessible to people developing free software. I have also
chosen to make it available under an Apache style license (my
version is called the Semiotek Public License) so that it is
accessible to people working under that religion as well.
Furthermore I have always tried to ensure that WebMacro was
accessible to everyone who needed it, and I have made many special
case exemptions for people to allow them to use WebMacro even
though neither of those licenses really suited them. I will
continue to make such exceptions for people as needed in the
future, and I am able to do so because I hold the copyrights
necessary to do that.
It would be impossible for you to derive a work from WebMacro that
was dual licensed this way. The two licenses are incompatible and
you would not be able to resolve that. You, as a licensee, have to
choose one license or the other. You cannot choose both.
That's very unfortunate. I hope the ASF and FSF folk stop fighting
long enough to resolve those differences so that software like
WebMacro can be released under a single license.
- - -
For people who don't care about any of this, the short story is
you have a basic choice when you use WebMacro:
1- Credit me in several places (use the SPL, Apache-style license)
2- Make your source code available for free (use the GNU GPL)
It's up to you which you do. Of course you should do both if you
can, but you are only required to do (1) *or* (2).
Justin
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 06:26:52PM -0800, Jon Stevens wrote:
> Hello Licensing Experts,
>
> In a recent email that was forwarded to me with the subject: "Subject: Re:
> Java, GPL, & APL" you stated that the GPL and the APL licenses are not
> compatible at all and this is also reflected on GNU.org.
>
> So, I am wondering what you think of this usage (see URL below) of the GPL
> license and whether or not it is legal to distribute a single piece of
> software that is dual licensed under both a BSD'ish license as well the GPL:
>
> <http://www.webmacro.org/License.html>
>
> "You may use WebMacro for free use under the GNU General Public License; and
> for commercial use outside the GPL. You may also use WebMacro under the
> terms of the Semiotek Public License. Feel free to contact us if you would
> like to work out a different arrangement than the standard license options
> outlined here."
>
> Where the Semiotek Public License is essentially the Apache Software License
> 1.0.
>
> Another question that I also have is whether or not it is also illegal to
> take this same piece of software (WebMacro) which is dual licensed and
> distribute it with source code that is only licensed under the APL 1.1.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -jon stevens
>
>
>
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