GPL v3 and exceptions

I plan to use GPL v3 with exceptions for a project that adds functionality to a non-free program, like described here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLPluginsInNF I therefore need to add exceptions like this: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingOverControlledInterface The

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

I know you are thinking that you are asking for our permission for something, but given the rights ownership issues that this presents, I'm not going to say yea or nay here and suggest you consult a lawyer. Chirs On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Gerhard Olsson wrote: > > I plan to use GPL v3 wi

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

Thanks for the response. Licensing is incredible difficult when you get down to practical detalis. Rephrasing the question: * Is a exception to a license acceptable for Google Code? * Any situation where the license is seen other than the project front page, requiring the license to be unmodified

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

My licensing terms state: derivative works should use a tag of "something else" whether you make use of the source code to create and distribute your own stuff, you must adhere to these conditions. We won't support any versions other than the officially released versions... whether you use a 3rd p

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

> * Is a exception to a license acceptable for Google Code? Usually not, as the license picker isn't subtle like that, and given the way people would abuse it we are not incentivized to add such subtleties. One would imagine that additional language that adds more permissions would be unnotticed

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

And if you added those restrictions to a google code hosted project, you'd need to remove them or we'd eventually hide your project and schedule it for deletion after a short grace period. Chris On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:26 PM, mm w<0xcafef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My licensing terms state: deri

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

If additional permissions are not allowed, LGPL would be the viable option. However, the LGPL version is not specified for Google code. I am not sure what that means legally as LGPL v2.1 is not fully compatible with LGPL v3 (you need to convert the license in some situations) http://www.gnu.org/li

Re: GPL v3 and exceptions

LGPL version was already added as an issue: http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=1355 I would interpret the license as LGPL 3.0, so I will update my file headers accordingly. On Aug 16, 2:26 am, Gerhard Olsson wrote: > If additional permissions are not allowed, LGPL would be the vi