Re: OJE project

[Kevin A. Burton]

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Mark Wielaard <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 10:45:34PM -0700, Kevin A. Burton wrote:
> > Brian Jones <address@hidden> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > None of this code is GPL... It is all APL and thus we can't use it.  
> > > > The GPL and
> > > > the APL are not compatible.
> > > 
> > > The APL should be compatible with our license.
> > 
> > Not according to Stallman.
> 
> The APL is compatible with our license (as used by Classpath, the GPL plus
> a special linking exception). But it isn't compatible with pure GPL.

Could you explain how?  The advertising clause still remains.  Is this your
opinion or Stallmans?

> The APL adds several restrictions on naming the derived work or even using
> the name Apache (which would be better done in a real trademark license IMHO).
> The latest version of the APL did drop the advertisment clause. But the
> trademark issues still remain.

Which latest version of the APL.  The only one I saw was 1.1 and this still has
the APL.  I hope this isn't true because I have a lot of Apache code that I
would not want under this license...

> It is said that RMS and Brian Behlendorf are working on these issues.
<snip>

No...  it isn't.  I talked to RMS about this < 1 month ago and the situation is
resolved.  As long as the licensing clause is in the APL they are not compatible
... :(.  A lot of the BSD projects are now dropping the advertising clause but
this basically makes them public domain which is scarry :(.  Much better to just
migrate their projects to GPL.
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