I do not agree on the "unless it's on Microsoft Windows" part. The license grants apply if it is "created to run directly" on windows, which I understand as "it can run anywhere else, also, just as long as it runs in windows without an intermediary".
On 29 November 2013 17:51, Alexander Andrejevic <[email protected]> wrote: > Fastfat is located inside its own binary, so this is considered "mere > aggregation", and > that is not the problem. (See > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation). > The problem is that you don't even have a license to use it or distribute it, > unless it's > on Microsoft Windows. > Then again, I'm not a lawyer either and I could be wrong too. It would be > great if someone > who knows a lot about licenses explained this. > > Regards, > Alexander > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 05:35:21PM +0100, David Quintana (gigaherz) wrote: >> The exact words of the license, as seen at >> http://www.ohloh.net/licenses/mslpl (I couldn't find a better link for >> it), are: >> >> "4. (F) Platform Limitation- The licenses granted in sections 2(A) & >> 2(B) extend only to the software or derivative works that you create >> that run on a Microsoft Windows operating system product." >> >> Excluding that term, the rest of the license is mostly a >> differently-worded BSD license. If it only needs to be tested in >> windows to ensure that it works there, then there should be absolutely >> no problem including it in ReactOS, as long as the terms don't >> conflict with the other licenses' terms. And GPL with the ReactOS >> exception, as far as I can tell, allows it. I'm not a lawyer, though, >> so I could be wrong. >> >> On 29 November 2013 16:17, Alexander Andrejevic >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Ged, >> > >> > Are you sure that we can use software released under the MS-LPL? It has a >> > rather weird >> > limitation in section 4, which says that you can only use it on a >> > "Microsoft Windows operating system product". >> > Since ReactOS is not Windows, that would mean we can't use it. >> > Please correct me if I'm wrong. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Alexander >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 02:58:51PM -0000, Ged Murphy wrote: >> >> Hi Eric, >> >> >> >> I know this has been discussed before, but should we not just bite the >> >> bullet and replace this driver with the Microsoft driver. >> >> The MS_LPL license allows it to be used in reactos, and it would >> >> certainly get rid of any unknowns and give us a reliable filesystem to >> >> work from. >> >> >> >> http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/fastfat-File-System-Driver-135bdf34/view/SourceCode >> >> >> >> Ged. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] >> >> Sent: 29 November 2013 14:06 >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: [ros-diffs] [ekohl] 61145: [FASTFAT] FsdGetFsVolumeInformation: >> >> Return volume creation time. >> >> >> >> Author: ekohl >> >> Date: Fri Nov 29 14:05:43 2013 >> >> New Revision: 61145 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Ros-dev mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > >> > -- >> > Alexander Andrejevic <[email protected]> >> > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Ros-dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > > -- > Alexander Andrejevic <[email protected]> > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
