While we're talking about licensing stuff, here's another positive development: as you might know, we're using a slightly modified version of jpathwatch file system watch library. Since it is GPLv2 licensed and doesn't have the "or any later version" addition, it is not compatible with GPLv3. However, I asked the lead developer if he was willing to add the "or any later version" statement and he agreed to do that in future versions :-D Thank you Uwe!
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Stefan Mai <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I researched a lot regarding the licensing stuff before I chose GPLv3. >> I chose it not because I believe it's the best license, but because >> most other open source projects are GPL licensed. > > Just as a side-note, this has helped me tremendously with some of the code > I've been working with, as I've been able to shamelessly copy/modify work > from TortoiseBzr and other similarly-licensed programs without problems.. > >> Here is how I understood it: >> >> To my knowledge, if the a plugin/module/library is not shipped with >> the original code, but in a separate package, it can (in most cases) >> be used with Syncany. I believe this is similar to Linux packages with >> different licenses -- as long as one package is only used by the >> other, there is no(?) issues. If, however, it is integrated as an >> essential part, there might be an issue (depending on the library). > > > This seems to agree with [1]. Another option is to get explicit permission > from jProductivity to include their product with the distribution: > > "If you want your program to link against a library not covered by the > system library exception, you need to provide permission to do that. Below > are two example license notices that you can use to do that; one for GPLv3, > and the other for GPLv2. In either case, you should put this text in each > file to which you are granting this permission." > >> So if we don't include it in the trunk, this shouldn't be a problem. >> But of course it's always nicer to be on the safe side ... >> >> Cheers > > [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
