On 07/06/2010 09:03 AM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > Hi, > > --- On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Tom "spot" Callaway > <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | The Trusster Open Source License is Free, but GPL incompatible. I've > | added it to the Fedora approved licenses list, please use: > | > | License: TOSL > \-- > > Can you please let me know what is meant here by "GPL incompatible", > or what is not possible when using TOSL? It means that you cannot take a library which is under TOSL and combine it with files under the GPL, as the result is incompatible. > I have been able to package the Teal tool (released under TOSL) for > Fedora. It provides a framework for verification of source code. > Hence, test suites written using this framework also have to "include" > project source code files. Please CMIIW: > > 1. If the project source code is released under GPL and the test > suites use TOSL, can we still use them with Teal? Assuming the files are combined as you describe, the answer is no. > 2. What if the project source code is released under LGPLv2+, can we > still use Teal as long as the test suites are also released under > TOSL? LGPLv2+ is generally considered to be compatible with most licenses, I doubt there is any problem with this combination. ~spot _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
