nanogui: License issues
Subject:
Re: License issues
From:
Jakov af Wallby ####@####.####
Date:
11 Aug 2000 11:43:08 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000811133726.4689A-100000@vmlinux.org>
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Alex Holden wrote:
> > > application. Also, wouldn't that mean that the entire Microwindows project
> > > would have to be placed under the GPL?
> > That I don't know. Is MPL compatible with GPL?
>
> The problem is that if any part of the code is GPLed, all of it must be.
That's a common misconception. Look at the Linux kernel, it contains
many licenses. (Even though most of it is GPL.)
The issue is if the licenses are compatible.
> Which means that if any part of Microwindows was GPLed and you distributed
> a proprietory application which was linked into Microwindows, you would be
> forced to either relicense your application under the GPL or cease
> distributing it. The MPL doesn't impose any such restrictions, which is
> why we chose it.
Well, I checked on gnu.org. MPL and GPL are incompatible. You can't mix
GPL and MPL in the same program. So, right now Microwindows seem to be in
a legal limbo...
See:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html
for a an overview of licenses and of which are compatible with GPL.
Jakob
