Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There is no problem with distributing executables as the CDDL and the GPL > > > do not require contradictory conditions... > > > > You must give the licensee a copy of GPL: > > > > 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the > > Program), > > the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor > > to > > copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and > > conditions. > > You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of > > the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance > > by third parties to this License.
Let me add some notes to avoid further confusion and missunderstandings: - You cannot take arbritary words from one part of a license and combine them with arbitrary words from other parts of the license to create the license you like to read. - You need to carefully read a license exactly the same way it has been written, sentence by sentence, word by word. - Any case not mentioned explicitly in the license is either covered by more permissive parts of the license or (if not applicable) by the law - in our case the German "Urheberrecht". - The GPL §1 is a permissive clause that nearly catches all conditions. > > > > CDDL 1.0 says: > > > > > > > > 3.5. Distribution of Executable Versions. > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > the Source Code form from the rights set forth in this License. If You > > > > distribute the Covered Software in Executable form under a different > > > > license, You must make it absolutely clear that any terms which differ > > > > from this License are offered by You alone, not by the Initial Developer > > > > or Contributor. You hereby agree to indemnify the Initial Developer and > > > > every Contributor for any liability incurred by the Initial Developer or > > > > such Contributor as a result of any such terms You offer. A similar clause (although less clearly written) is in the Preamble of the GPL. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily