Subject: Liscencing Issue
From: sam th (sam@bur-jud-118-039.rh.uchicago.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2000 - 04:27:37 CST
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I don't know if this has already been discussed on the list prior to my
joining it, but it seems to be rather bad news. The liscence covering
expat, our XML parser, is the MPL, or Mozilla Public License. The rest of
the program is covered by the GNU GPL. Sadly, we are legally prohibited
from linking between these two licenses. To quote the GNU web page:
"a module covered by the GPL and a module covered by the MPL cannot
legally be linked together." As it seems likely that Mr Clark won't
change the terms of his parser, the only real recourse for us is to change
our license. I hope ferverntly that we do not have to do this, but it
seems that way. If I am totally off base with this, someone let me know so
that I can pretend it never happend.
Sadly
sam th
sytobinh@uchicago.edu
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