On 12/08/08 15:46 +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > Why was the Eclipse Public License chosen ? This license is not > compatible with the GPL[1], so no GPL licensed app can make use of > this code :-( For example it makes it impossible to use this code to > assist in supporting OVF in virt-manager, virt-install or virt-image > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Public_License > > "The EPL 1.0 is not compatible with the GPL, and a work created by > combining a work licensed under the GPL with a work licensed under > the EPL cannot be lawfully distributed." > As a file format, the output from open-ovf can be used by any code of any license. That is, any code can consume an OVF file. For runtime integration, we are planning on implementing an XML-RPC interface into and out of the ovf library, which will allow any other runtime code to interact with it. Mike -- Mike Day http://www.ncultra.org AIM: ncmikeday | Yahoo IM: ultra.runner PGP key: http://www.ncultra.org/ncmike/pubkey.asc _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
