* Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com> [2004-01-07 10:21]:
> I just noticed that your script has a non GNU GPL compatible license.
> (Or maybe it is compatible, hard to say, this is not really important.)
It is the modified BSD-License and compatible with the GPL, see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ModifiedBSD
> Not only this disallows the script to be included into fvwm in one or
> another form, but I think this is not legal. Since this script depends
> on the GPL'd library FVWM::Module, it should be GPL'd as well.
Since it is GPL-compatible it may very well be included into fvwm. The
module code itself does not contain any code from the fvwm sources but
uses the library at runtime, I would consider this as something like
dynamic linking against a library, please see
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/kidd.html#free-software
(a quote from RMS)
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfInterpreterIsGPL (last
paragraph mentions this case) and
So in my understanding this is legal, please feel free to prove me
wrong.
> Of course, any private usage of the library for any purpose is welcome,
> the issue only becomes relevant when you start distribute your script
> (that happens to be an fvwm module) to others.
>
> I hope you will correct the license.
Well, it's already publicly available, so I'm kind of
distributing it. Coming from a *BSD-background I prefer the
BSD-License since it has less restrictions but should it not be
legal (I'm not convinced yet) I will change it to GPL.
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Received on Wed Jan 07 2004 - 08:43:10 GMT