Hello Dimitry, the hyperlinks that you have posted do not seem to speak of FreeMind licensing situation.
The links posted by you: 1. Can I release a non-free program that's designed to load a GPL-covered plug-in? http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NFUseGPLPlugins Note: FreeMind is not a non-free program that is designed to load a GPL-covered plugin. 2. Can I write free software that uses non-free libraries? http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FSWithNFLibs Note: FreeMind is not free software that uses non-free libraries. The question from GNU FAQ that does seem to cover FreeMind situation is this: 3. What legal issues come up if I use GPL-incompatible libraries with GPL software? http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs Note: FreeMind does link to libraries that are incompatible with GPL V2, yet compatible with GPL V3. Let us, for the purpose of the following argument, pessimistically assume that dynamic linking is permeable to GPL requirements. Under this assumption, what I have written about plugins still holds true: A person who compiles FreeMind without plugins can take advantage of GPL V2 license, which is part of GPL V2+. The standardly distributed maximum version of FreeMind in effect makes use of GPL V3 license, which is part of GPL V2+. Thus, I currently see no licensing problem in FreeMind that would require change from GPL V2+ to GPL V3+. Best regards, Dan On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Dimitry Polivaev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Dan, > > look here: > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NFUseGPLPlugins > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FSWithNFLibs > > Best regards, > Dimitry > > > Hello Dimitry > > > > is this a good idea? FreeMind can be compiled also without being > > dynamically linked to the libraries > > licensed under Apache 2.0. FreeMind max version relies on GPL V2+ > > containing GPL V3. The source code > > of FreeMind itself can still be licensed also under GPL V2 apart from being > > licensed under GPL V3+ > > without violating any license (GPL V2+ = GPL V2 plus GPL V3+). I am also > > not clear about whether > > dynamic linking in Java is permeable to GPL requirements. > > > > Best regards, > > Dan > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Dimitry Polivaev <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > because Freeplane plug-ins and the distribution depends on some > > libraries licensed under Apache 2.0 > > and GPL 3, we are going to change the project license to "GPL version 3 > > or later". Because the same > > basically apply to FreeMind too, I write to the FreeMind list before > > actual implementing the > > changes. > > > > Kind regards, > > Dimitry > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App& Earn a Chance To Win $500! > > Tap into the largest installed PC base& get more eyes on your game by > > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freemind-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Freemind-developer mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freemind-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer
