Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502024 Boris Kolpackov <boris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |boris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- Comment #7 from Boris Kolpackov <boris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2009-06-21 12:52:56 EDT --- Here is a quote from the FSF page mentioned above: "Where's the line between two separate programs, and one program with two parts? This is a legal question, which ultimately judges will decide. We believe that a proper criterion depends both on the mechanism of communication (exec, pipes, rpc, function calls within a shared address space, etc.) and the semantics of the communication (what kinds of information are interchanged)." My point is that there is no communications between GPL and ASL licensed modules. But then the next paragraph states: "If the modules are included in the same executable file, they are definitely combined in one program. If modules are designed to run linked together in a shared address space, that almost surely means combining them into one program." So things are quite murky here and, I agree, it will be more straightforward to add an explicit allowance in the licensing conditions. However, instead of adding a provision just for Xerces-C++ or ASL, I will add a general provision that will allow combining the software in question with other incompatibly-licensed modules in a single program provided that there is no use of the functionality offered by the software by such modules. Here is the text that I will place into the LICENSE file (it is similar and is based on the wording from xsd): ------------------------------------------------------------------- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA In addition, as a special exception, Boris Kolpackov gives permission to combine this library with other incompatibly-licensed modules in a single program and to distribute such a combination provided that there is no use of the functionality implemented by this library, directly or indirectly, by such modules. You must obey the GNU General Public License version 2 in all respects for all of the code used other than such modules. In particular, the resulting program must be licensed under a license compatible with the GNU General Public License version 2. If you modify this copy of the library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me know if you see any problems with this approach. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review