[Savannah-hackers] Re: License compatibility

[Vincent Caron]

Mathieu Roy wrote:
> > CPL is a free license, that's why it was accepted on Savannah. However
> > it is true that you cannot combine CPL 1.0 and GPL v2. It looks like
> > this issue is more or less debated, maybe you could send some
> > encouragements to the Eclipse and SWT people to update their licensing
> > scheme to something GPL compatible, it would benefit everybody.
> >
> > From here, you can either choose another toolkit (like GTK+), or
> > relicense your project (CPL or BSD comes to mind). You'll have to
> > contact us again to change the displayed licensed on your project page
> > when you have made up your mind.
>
>
> Note that the CPL, as it is incompatible with the GPL, will not be
> accepted. 

Ouch I missed that one. It seems I'm not the only one since someone once 
accepted the project. Has the 'GPL-compatible only' licensing constraint 
always been required on Savannah ?