Geir Magnusson Jr. <geir <at> pobox.com> writes: > >> For > >> example, see the Hibernate clarification to the LGPL, or how MySQL just > >> basically told the FSF that the GPL *is* compatible with the Apache > >> License. > > > > Judging from the FOSS exception license text[1], what MySQL did was to > > simply > > add an exception to the GPL, that permits software under a set of open > > source > > licenses to create derivative works. I believe that's what you meant, right? > > That wasn't my read - I read it that you can now combine software from > MySQL that is under the GPL with software under the Apache License (for > example), which is something that the FSF has explicitly prohibited.
Oh, I just wanted to explain that MySQL didn't literally go out and tell the FSF that GPL and Apache License are compatible. It would be an odd claim to make for a third party that's not a steward of the licenses involved, anyway. I think we violently agree on the effects and motivations for the exception, and are getting way off-topic. ;) cheers, dalibor topic
