From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kostafey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: EPL licence for emacs extension distributed via ELPA. Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:35:28 +0400 Message-ID: References: <877gn33uo3.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8fb201ac8f08c404d4164bd6 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1359092147 21816 80.91.229.3 (25 Jan 2013 05:35:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:35:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 25 06:36:06 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TybxO-0006Od-Aj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:36:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38127 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tybx6-0008By-KO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:35:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47828) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tybwv-0008Bp-JH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tybwo-0005JW-2t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:35:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-f172.google.com ([209.85.214.172]:59990) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tybwn-0005JH-V3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:35:30 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ob0-f172.google.com with SMTP id ta17so5685858obb.31 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:35:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=QMmNxkVwvJH6tGV+kYtw6g6j7LJ1sHnqpTJZO8mew3E=; b=KtPa101N4+BTfP2SXQT7EVU02zDYNteExmeEqg1Kzx524Ky0Bw6Dh7HUVi4PAUg/QA pXDT8YoAb4W3RcYG1nDB/D/2+y56s5zDkmhvGlVKgBaZzoeqsan/GEoXehR5IXKz2qRg tBJK5tEW/FFgLezcl7GB5gVwUWZAgBopjro0p0vijAV7a7/3ox2A5ZU03DKYEaS/uWxA 0jRsWWNPES2eoQajIfDfa7Ola02LwbxYzw2vXVRrpSUcbpWtN+gTj63Y/TOZGZKol0Zx PguKrJ6S7LH6uJUdRhPO4CmMCKf0BSwpqYfNhoY8BTKCQW3kN7eK60rglKKZNh3QY2ed j9xA== X-Received: by 10.60.31.130 with SMTP id a2mr3649779oei.95.1359092128876; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:35:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.76.170.165 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:35:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.214.172 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:88803 Archived-At: --e89a8fb201ac8f08c404d4164bd6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Glenn Morris wrote: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#CommonPublicLicense10 > > This is a free software license. Unfortunately, its weak copyleft and > choice of law clause make it incompatible with the GNU GPL. > > So I'm not sure you can distribute it anywhere... I've read about incompatibility of GPL and EPL. That's why I've asked this question in hope of some exception for use external code as library. > If the EPL piece is used as a library, you may need to read > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FSWithNFLibs It's just recommendations and nothing about distribution. Maybe I need a permit from author of this library? >> I haven't find licence demands for this repositories, but I thought that >> all emacs-related code must be GPL. > > This has been asked a few times; I'm not sure I've ever seen a > definitive answer. Ref eg It seems, I can relicence the whole code to EPL in the last resort. --e89a8fb201ac8f08c404d4164bd6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> wr= ote:

> =A0
> =A0 =A0This is a free software license. Unfort= unately, its weak copyleft and
> =A0 =A0choice of law clause m= ake it incompatible with the GNU GPL.
> =A0
> So = I'm not sure you can distribute it anywhere...

I've read about incompatibility of GPL and EPL. Tha= t's why I've asked this
question in hope of some exceptio= n for use external code as library.

> If the EP= L piece is used as a library, you may need to read

It's just recommendations and nothing about distribution.

Maybe I need a permit from author of this library?

>> I haven't find licence demands for this r= epositories, but I thought that
>> all emacs-related code m= ust be GPL.
>=A0
> This has been asked a few times; I'm not su= re I've ever seen a
> definitive answer. Ref eg
=
It seems, I can relicence the whole code to EPL in the last = resort.

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