On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, David Seikel wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:50:08 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
>> <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, David Seikel wrote:
>> > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:48:14 -0800 "Enlightenment SVN"
>> > > <[email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Log:
>> > > > add missing licenses references, fix copyright, add link result
>> > > > notice.
>> > > >
>> > > > Author:       barbieri
>> > > > Date:         2013-01-16 13:48:14 -0800 (Wed, 16 Jan 2013)
>> > > > New Revision: 82911
>> > > > Trac:         http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/changeset/82911
>> > > >
>> > > > Modified:
>> > > >   trunk/efl/COPYING trunk/efl/licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > trunk/efl/licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > >
>> > > > Modified: trunk/efl/COPYING
>> > > > ===================================================================
>> > > > --- trunk/efl/COPYING 2013-01-16 21:47:37 UTC (rev 82910)
>> > > > +++ trunk/efl/COPYING 2013-01-16 21:48:14 UTC (rev 82911)
>> > > > @@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
>> > > > -EFL comes with several licences. Listed are the library/probject
>> > > > +EFL comes with several licences. Listed are the library/project
>> > > >  name and the license file covering it.
>> > > >
>> > > >  evil:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > -escape:          licenses/COPYING.GPL
>> > > > +escape:          licenses/COPYING.GPL (used in PlayStation
>> > > > native) +eina:            licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > >  eet:             licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > -eina:            licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > >  eo:              licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > >  evas:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > +embryo:          licenses/COPYING.SMALL
>> > > >  ecore:           licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > -embryo:          licenses/COPYING.SMALL
>> > > > +eio:             licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > > +edbus:           licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > > +efreet:          licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > +eeze:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > +ephysics:        licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > +edje:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > +edje/epp:        licenses/COPYING.GPL (separate
>> > > > binary/executable) +emotion:         licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > > +ethumb:          licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > > +
>> > > > +NOTE: If linked together, the result will be LGPL (or GPL is
>> > > > Escape is +used) due that license characteristics.
>> > >
>> > > Hmmm, guess that means the BSD licences are useless, since it's all
>> > > gonna be linked together anyway, and thus GPL contaminated.
>> >
>> >
>> > That is right. For all purposes consider EFL = LGPL. We just didn't
>> > change the license as it would require approvals. But effectively
>> > it's all LGPL.
>>
>> I'll note that "effectively" changing it all to LGPL did not require
>> approvals.
>
> Well, the resulting license is different. Indeed it will be LGPL. But say
> you take Evas and remove eina dep, you could use that as BSD.

Also writing Evas engine/loader/saver and Ecore_Evas/Ecore will be
under BSD letting you write your own backend that doesn't require to
be upstream, because we don't really care about all the crazy fb API
in that world. Can be useful in some embedded case.
--
Cedric BAIL

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