> Each Contributor must identify itself as the originator of its Contribution, 
> if any, in a manner that reasonably allows subsequent Recipients to identify 
> the originator of the Contribution.

That's my problem.

On Sep 12, 2013, at 19:18, phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) wrote:

> 
> This is an interesting thread. I think, though, it repeats what is a
> misconception about GPL -- that you cannot produce GPL code using
> Clojure. This isn't true, as far as I can see -- you can write GPL code
> using any language, because it doesn't usage restrictions in GPL do not
> percolate through a "standard interface".
> 
> So, for instance, my own library is covered by LGPL; it is possible to
> link this to GPL code without problems.
> 
> Historically, the first GPL products (Emacs for example) were built
> using on non GPL platforms; it is the same issue.
> 
> Sean Corfield <seancorfi...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Searching the archives would have turned up some _long_ threads about
>> this where it would have been clear that the license is not going to
>> change - as well as explaining why it is the way it is. For example:
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clojure/bpnKr88rvt8 (from
>> 2008)
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Kalinni Gorzkis
>> <musicdenotat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I think that Clojure should switch to a better license with similar spirit
>>> like Apache 2.0, BSD, or MIT.
>>> While the EPL doesn't have the evil "copyleft" requirement of GPL, and
>>> therefore allows and encourages commercial uses of the code, it has a
>>> requirement that makes it incompatible with the GPL: If you create modified
>>> versions of EPL-covered software, you must slap your name (or any other
>>> identity) on it. In my humble opinion, this restriction isn't justified.
>>> (All, or most, creators of modified versions will do that anyway). It may
>>> have been chosen uncarefully. Other permissive licenses better fulfill Rich
>>> Hickey's spirit.
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