Quanah Gibson-Mount:
> <qua...@zimbra.com> wrote:
>
> >> The MySQL FOSS exception, however, does not broadly include all OSI
> >> licenses.
> >
> > Victor,
> >
> > Thanks for the information, very useful. I would be particularly curious
> > to know if Postfix is now licensed under the CPL rather than the IPL.
> > Would Wietse need to confirm that?
>
> So, since the mysql exception does not include the IPL, then it seems that
> making it possible to link postfix against the mysql libraries puts others
> in a bind if they want the functionality, given the incompatibility between
> the two licenses.
>
> Wieste, will postfix be moving to the CPL, or will it be retaining the IPL?
The IPL is the second license under which Postfix was released.
With IPL and CPL being similar in spirit (and equally objectionable
for OpenBSD, according to people I talked to) I need to hear good
arguments before I would enter further discussion with IBM lawyers.
Wietse
