Subject: Re: Liscencing Issue
From: Caolan McNamara (cmc@stardivision.de)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2000 - 04:46:43 CST
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On 07.02.00, 11:27:37, sam th <sam@bur-jud-118-039.rh.uchicago.edu>
wrote regarding Liscencing Issue:
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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.
Expat is dual licensed under *both* the gpl and the mpl. So it is ok.
http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html
C.
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