On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 7:49 AM Nikos Alexandris <n...@nikosalexandris.net> wrote:
> > Does the "at arm's length" case apply for GRASS GIS and GRASS GIS > addons? Do GRASS GIS core and GRASS GIS addons considered to operate as > one? > Please note that there is a difference between creating a custom GRASS GIS module and contributing that module to GRASS GIS Addons repository. For "addons" we, at least currently, require 100% compatibility with the "core", i.e. GPL >=2 (SPDX: GPL-2.0-or-later), to be able to move code freely between these two (without even a need to think about the license at that point and being on the safe site when distributing everything). https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/RFC/2_LegalAspectsOfCodeContributions > > If yes, > > 1. this would mean that the GPL and the EUPL cannot be combined, in > the case of GRASS GIS addons. > I agree with Moritz that this would be best answered by those would created EUPL (i.e. some "open source office" in European Commission) or alternatively by Free Software Foundation Europe (https://fsfe.org/). > > 2. would the GRASS GIS team consider to add a similar "compatibility > clause" to effectively make both licenses 100% cross-compatible? > This would count as changing the license. Changing the license would mean getting approval from all past contributors which would be very hard, close to impossible. (Changing to a later version of GPL is of course a different story because of the "or later" part.)
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