Doing my own quick research on (3):
Now that EPL-2.0 is final, can we just choose to use our EPL dependencies
> under EPL-2.0, or do we need action from their maintainers?
>From the FAQ it appears as if we need to wait for EMF and CSD to adopt EPL
2.0: *So a project can use the new version by simply updating the file
headers and notices. *
- https://eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-2.0/faq.php
> And is EPL-2.0 compatible with GPLv2 after all?
It looks like this optional for new projects: *The new EPL v2 will allow
initial contributors to new projects to specify if they want their EPL v2
licensed project to be GPL compatible.*
https://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20170829eplv2.php
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Jody Garnett
On 18 September 2017 at 09:52, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 17 September 2017 at 14:59, Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> GeoServer is licensed under the GPLv2 with exceptions for named Eclipse
>> libraries whose EPL-1.0 licenses would otherwise be incompatible with the
>> GPL. The status-monitoring community module adds another EPL-1.0-licensed
>> dependency (OSHI); the GeoServer license will be patched to permit this.
>>
>> (1) Should we change the GeoServer license to include a more generic
>> exception so that we do not have to patch it for each new EPL-1.0
>> dependency?
>>
>
> I think we could, we were being very cautious when we did the original
> change.
>
>
>> (2) Should we change the GeoServer licence to a well-known EPL-compatible
>> license, such as GPLv2+linking-exception or LGPL? Would such a license be
>> strong enough?
>>
>
> I do not think it would be strong enough, we had discussed this perviously
> with OpenGeo. What it GPLv2+linking-exception?
> Reading - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception. So very
> similar to the classpath exception.
>
> (3) Now that EPL-2.0 is final, can we just choose to use our EPL
>> dependencies under EPL-2.0, or do we need action from their maintainers?
>> And is EPL-2.0 compatible with GPLv2 after all?
>>
>
> I will ask on the locationtech list for you.
>
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