On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Arthus Erea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do not know enough of the intricacies of licensing to understand this > issue and certainly want to avoid the disputes that arise from this, but I > would just like to remind *everyone* that we care a common vision here. > Seriously, this is a dispute over the license of our -extras repository. > Please try to keep things in context, and remember our common vision and > goal. > > On Dec 3, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Chris Meller wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Michael Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > >> >> 2008/12/4 Chris Meller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > >> > There *is* no lack of clarity. I suspect anyone who thinks there is of >> being >> > totally illiterate. >> >> Come on, ad hominem attacks don't move the debate forward at all. > > > It wasn't meant as an attack. I'm seriously failing to see how, given all > that I've said and all that I've linked and referenced, there could still be > any confusion on the issue. The GPLv3 is compatible with ASL 2 according to > *everyone*. Please, tell me the piece I'm missing here causing a problem... > > > It was an attack and you know it. Calling someone illiterate is a clear cut > ad hominem attack. There clearly are sources which say that GPLv3 is not > compatible with ASL 2, which both Owen and Michael provided. > It was not an attack. I think, being the person who said it, I know best what was intended. I was voicing my dismay at people apparently not comprehending what was being said and referenced. The GPLv3 *IS* compatible with ASL2. You can include ASL content in a GPLv3 project. As Owen pointed out you can NOT include GPL content in an ASL project. It's a one-way street. We are not trying to include GPL content in an ASL project. No one ever mentioned packaging GPL plugins or themes with Habari, and including them in the Extras repo is in no way doing that. Just as we can't use an API established by a GPL project in the ASL-licensed Habari, if the ASL was not compatible with the GPL you could not use a Habari API in a GPL project. Since the GPLv3 does not impose any viral requirements upon included code, ASL code (such as the Habari plugin API) can be included in the GPL-licensed plugin. ASL into GPL is ok. GPL into ASL is not. We are not trying to distribute GPL content with the ASL-licensed Habari. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
