* Mikhael Goikhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-07 10:21]: > I just noticed that your script has a non GNU GPL compatible license. > (Or maybe it is compatible, hard to say, this is not really important.)
It is the modified BSD-License and compatible with the GPL, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ModifiedBSD > Not only this disallows the script to be included into fvwm in one or > another form, but I think this is not legal. Since this script depends > on the GPL'd library FVWM::Module, it should be GPL'd as well. Since it is GPL-compatible it may very well be included into fvwm. The module code itself does not contain any code from the fvwm sources but uses the library at runtime, I would consider this as something like dynamic linking against a library, please see http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/kidd.html#free-software (a quote from RMS) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfInterpreterIsGPL (last paragraph mentions this case) and So in my understanding this is legal, please feel free to prove me wrong. > Of course, any private usage of the library for any purpose is welcome, > the issue only becomes relevant when you start distribute your script > (that happens to be an fvwm module) to others. > > I hope you will correct the license. Well, it's already publicly available, so I'm kind of distributing it. Coming from a *BSD-background I prefer the BSD-License since it has less restrictions but should it not be legal (I'm not convinced yet) I will change it to GPL. -- Guido Berhoerster [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.guido-berhoerster.org/ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
