Simo Sorce wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 18:50 -0600, Rich Megginson wrote: > >> Simo Sorce wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 13:23 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Richard looked at the license-specific version, made some suggestions, >>>> then asked if there is a reason for being GPLv2 only as a project and >>>> codebase. For example, many projects are licensed "GPLv2 or later", >>>> yet there was some confusion around the time that GPLv3 came out if >>>> that was advisable. Is this project GPLv2-specific on purpose? >>>> >>>> >>> No there isn't a specific reason IPA is GPLv2 Only, at the time when we >>> started I actually proposed to use the brand new GPLv3 or later diction, >>> but legal was not yet comfortable with GPLv3 so we went the default RH >>> license at the time which was GPLv2 only. >>> >>> I would actually like to move to GPLv2 or later or even GPLv3 or later >>> if our external code dependencies allows it without trouble. >>> >>> I think the only code that we may not be able to move to GPLv3 is the >>> directory server plugins as DS is GPLv2+exceptions, but I have no >>> problem in clearly spelling out that plugins have a different license >>> because of their dependency and move on with the rest of the code. >>> >>> >> The directory server license allows for plugins to be released under >> different licenses, provided the plugin uses only the public API >> (defined in slapi-plugin.h). >> > > Yes, but that not what I am concerned about. > I am not sure a plugin licensed under the GPLvX can be linked to the > Directory Server without any exception. > > Simo. > > I think what Rich said means that DS plugins can be licensed as we think appropriate without any special exception for DS itself.
-- Thank you, Dmitri Pal Engineering Manager IPA project, Red Hat Inc. ------------------------------- Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/ _______________________________________________ Freeipa-devel mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-devel
