[Savannah-hackers] Re: [gnu.org #20716] licensing issue

[Mathieu Roy]

"Dave Turner via RT" <address@hidden> a tapoté :

> Sorry.  That's a confusing GPL-compatible Free Software license.

So it's acceptable for Savannah.

Thanks a lot for your attention.

Regards,


> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 10:49, Mathieu Roy via RT wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Someone want to register a project on Savannah with the following
> > licensing policy:
> > 
> >         The Tools will be GPL, while the Library would be LGPL with
> >         the following special exception :
> >         you may link, statically or dynamically, a \"work that uses
> >         the Library\" with a publicly distributed version of the
> >         Library to produce an executable file containing portions of
> >         the library, and distribute that executable file under terms
> >         of your choice, without any of the additional requirements
> >         listed in clause 6 of the GNU Library General Public License.
> >         By \"a publicly distributed version of the Library\", we mean
> >         either the unmodified Library as distributed by INRIA, or a
> >         modified version of the Library that is distributed under the
> >         conditions defined in clause 3 of the GNU Library General
> >         Public License.  This exception does not however invalidate
> >         any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
> >         the GNU Library General Public License.
> > 
> > We asked for an advice to address@hidden several weeks ago, without
> > answer.
> > 
> > RMS, would you like to give an authoritative answer to us as soon as
> > possible?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 
> > 
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