Hi,
Changing subject so not to pollute the Singa VOTE thread.
So it seem the GPL with this special exception are OK to distribute. [3][4]
Looks like our documentation may need to be updated/clarified in a couple of
places.
For instance:
- The "GNU Free For All” license is not listed as a Categ
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Justin Mclean wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Changing subject so not to pollute the Singa VOTE thread.
>
> So it seem the GPL with this special exception are OK to distribute. [3][4]
>
> Looks like our documentation may need to be updated/clarified in a couple of
> places.
>
>
ilto:jus...@classsoftware.com>
Sent: 1/10/2016 2:26 PM
To: general@incubator.apache.org<mailto:general@incubator.apache.org>
Subject: OK to distribute some GPL licensed build tools?
Hi,
Changing subject so not to pollute the Singa VOTE thread.
So it seem the GPL with this special ex
I'm wondering if this should be over at legal discuss
On Jan 10, 2016 19:40, "Roman Shaposhnik" wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Justin Mclean
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Changing subject so not to pollute the Singa VOTE thread.
> >
> > So it seem the GPL with this special exception are OK
Hi,
> Who says its OK? Unless approved by VP Legal it's not OK.
It’s been discussed see [1][2][3[4]], note that is just for GPL with a specific
exclusion not ordinary GPL licenced software.
The exclusion states:
# As a special exception to the GNU General Public License,
# if you distribute th
On Jan 10, 2016 4:26 PM, "Justin Mclean" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Changing subject so not to pollute the Singa VOTE thread.
>
> So it seem the GPL with this special exception are OK to distribute.
[3][4]
>
> Looks like our documentation may need to be updated/clarified in a couple
of places.
>
> For ins