> > To my knowledge you can't re-license code you don't own the copyright
> > of.
>
> True, but the community _could_ make a decision together if they really
> wanted.
you mean, if every copyright holder decides the same thing? Ok, but
as RH owns most of the NHibernate code, and because RH settled a lawsuit
with Firestar (which has costed them money), I'm not convinced they'll
'obey' to whatever the NH community thinks, but alas, you never know ;))
> > Not sure if this is a problem, but I could imagine that code which is
> > ported from Java has to inherit the same license.
>
> Funny, now that you mention it, Java-Hibernate doesn't specify the LGPL
> version either!
>
> /*
> * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
> *
> * Copyright (c) 2010, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
> * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
> * statements applied by the authors. All third-party contributions are
> * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
> *
> * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
> modify,
> * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
> * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software
> Foundation.
> *
> * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY
> * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
> License
> * for more details.
> *
> * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License
> * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
> * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
> * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> */
>
> SVN contains lgpl.txt with v2.1, but I guess that really means nothing.
the header clearly states:
* This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
modify,
* copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
* Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software
Foundation.
it's made available under the LGPL. So use it under the restrictions of the
LGPL.
But indeed no version. As a work released at time T can not be licensed
under a license which is released after T, it's released under the version
at the time the sourcecode was released. Which is likely v2.1.
FB
