Ditto, and Voting +1 for -extras being a host of any licensed plugin, theme..etc as long as that one contribute does not violate any license itself (eg. A plugin that is licensed ASL and has GPL third party code). The repo would be handy in providing a centralized hosting for all plugins in the next-to-come directory. And since we are not *redistributing* any ASL code with GPL code, there is no violation of any kind even if they are not compatible.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Chris J. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would also just like to point out that I am agreeing with Chris Meller. > Seriously... *agreeing* with him. > > chris > > On Dec 3, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Chris Meller wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > -- Ali B / dmondark http://www.awhitebox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
