On Saturday, 14 June 2008 at 13:12, Giel van Schijndel wrote: > I assume that you mean this exception? > > > 3. Following exception to the GPL is granted: > > > > Linking Warzone 2100 statically or dynamically with other modules is > > making a combined work based on Warzone 2100. Thus, the terms and > > conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole > > combination. > > Ok, thus far I understand... > > > In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of Warzone > > 2100 give you permission to combine Warzone 2100 with code included in > > the standard release of libraries that are accessible, redistributable > > and linkable free of charge. You may copy and distribute such a system > > following the terms of the GNU GPL for Warzone 2100 and the licenses of > > the other code concerned. > > Erm what? Did they just grant us permission to add code that has no > monetary cost to Warzone 2100? Isn't that (and more) covered by the GNU > GPL already?
No. As you quoted above, the combined work has to be GPL as a whole. The only exception are system libraries, so GPL programs can run on non-free systems. > > Note that people who make modified versions of Warzone 2100 are not > > obligated to grant this special exception for their modified versions; > > it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU General Public License > > gives permission to release a modified version without this exception; > > this exception also makes it possible to release a modified version > > which carries forward this exception. > > This part seems obvious as well; they allow us to ignore this exception > right? Yes. You can take GPL+exception code and transform it into GPL code (but not back). > But now my question, which I cannot get answered by rereading that > particular piece of text: what the heck is the exception that's granted > on the conditions set by the GNU GPL? To link with any free of charge library. Arguably there already was an implicit exception to link with the non-free DLLs included in the released source, that was now broadened to include any free of charge library. _______________________________________________ Warzone-dev mailing list Warzone-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/warzone-dev
