On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:59:47AM -0400, Steve Stallings wrote: > Will the s-o-b enforcement mechanism insist on GPL or will > it also allow "compatible" or partially compatible submissions > such as LGPL (like the original HAL) or totally unrestricted > code (perhaps BSD)?
Any author is free to write code and release it under the license or licenses of her choice, Signed-off-by or not. Signed-off-by is simply a declaration that at least one of the licenses is compatible with the specific file's license (if one is given; we'd still prefer to see a license declaration in every source file), and with the project's overall license, GNU GPL version 2 with "or later" clause for new contributions. So, for instance, if you write some code, you can release it under the BSD license, add your S-O-B and contribute it to LinuxCNC; BSD, in the "modified, 3-clause BSD license" form[1], is widely recognized to be compatible with GPL (that is, you can put the two together and treat the result as all being GPL'd), and with your S-O-B you affirm that you accept this interpretation. Jeff [1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ModifiedBSD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
