[Savannah-register-public] [gnu.org #220951] LGPL-compatibility of Condor and LAM-MPI

[Dave Turner via RT]

> address@hidden - Sat Feb 05 03:53:03 2005]:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 07:54:46PM -0500, Dave Turner via RT wrote:
> > > address@hidden - Thu Feb 03 17:53:44 2005]:
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I am reviewing the 'paradiseo' project at Savannah. This software
> > > relies among others on Condor and LAM-MPI.
> > > 
> > > The 'paradiseo' project is released under the GNU *L*GPL. I would like
> > > to know if the dependencies licenses are compatible with the LGPL.
> > > 
> > > The license of Condor can be found here:
> > > http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/downloads/v6.7.license.html
> > > I am wondering about sections 3 and 4.
> > > 
> > > The license of LAM-MPI is attached or can be found in:
> > > http://www.lam-mpi.org/download/files/lam-7.1.1.tar.bz2
> > > That one looks like a PHP license.
> > 
> > They can be combined with LGPL works, but the work as a whole can't be
> > licensed under the LGPL, and can't be combined with GPL works.
> 
> Do you see a way to license the 'paradiseo' code under a GNU
> GPL-compatible license, while allowing it to use Condor and LAM-MPI?
> 
> Relicensing 'paradiseo' under the Expat license?

The problem isn't the license of paradiseo.  It's the license of Condor
and LAM-MPI.  So, no change in the license of paradiseo will help.

-- 
-Dave "Novalis" Turner
GPL Compliance Engineer
Free Software Foundation