From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Cc: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>,
gdb@sourceware.org, mcepl@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Licensing: gdb/osf-share/ is GPL-incompatible
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100310142349.GA19579@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100310105319.GN15364@adacore.com>
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:19 +0100, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > > This code is GPL-incompatible according to:
> > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD
> >
> > So whether the above is GPL incompatible is a whole different
> > question. I'd say it is perfectly compatible with at least the spirit
> > of the GPL. But since the lawayers got their paws on GPLv3, it turned
> > into completely incomprehensible gibberish and it is hard to tell.
I misinterpreted it wrongly catching some words there, sorry.
This misintepretation I did myself, not Matej Cepl.
It looks now to me as the license type like:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/BSD#3ClauseBSD
Which is claimed to be GPLv3 compatible at:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses
> If we need confirmation, it's easy to contact the FSF lawyers and ask.
> The last time I asked, they were actually glad that we're trying to
> be careful about legal issues...
Forwarded to <licensing@fsf.org> when it got discussed but guessing now it is
OK.
Sorry,
Jan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-10 14:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-10 9:24 Jan Kratochvil
2010-03-10 10:20 ` Mark Kettenis
2010-03-10 10:53 ` Joel Brobecker
2010-03-10 14:24 ` Jan Kratochvil [this message]
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