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From: | Vincent Caron |
Subject: | [Savannah-hackers] Re: License compatibility |
Date: | Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:58:27 +0100 |
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Mathieu Roy wrote:
For that project - his license is indeed GPL-compatible, it is GPL - it depends on free software (dependancies does not have to be GPL-compatible but only free software). So it can be hosted here. But this project has never been accepted as "CPLed" if I'm notdreaming.A project can depends on a non-GPL-compatible license and still be GPL. For instance, you can make GPL software dependent on apache, there is no problem, can't you?
We can host his project, but it appears that it is an illegal assembly (his GPL code linked with a CPL library). The moderator was right as far as Savannah policy is concerned, but should maybe have noticed the legal trouble for the user.
I'm thinking about putting up a quick 'licence and dependence compatibility lookup' as a CGI, maybe something that could be integrated in the admin interface. When I stop being overloaded here at work ... :)
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