Re: [Toon-members] TooN license on Savannah

[Simon Taylor]

E. Rosten wrote:
> On Wed, 5 May 2010, Georg Klein wrote:
> 
>> Yeah that "as part of a free software library" is not clear on first
>> reading. It's taken from the GNU libstdc++ license, and the combo is
>> generally referred to as `GPLv2 plus runtime exceptions' (as far as I
>> can tell.) I think the "as part of a free software library" refers to
>> it being part of TooN or
>> libstdc++, so that as long as you use the code as part of TooN, then
>> do whatever you want.
> 
> That is my interpretation.

OK then. I did look at libstc++ yesterday, and found they now use a
complicated GCC-specific exception to GPL v3:
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/license.html

But it seems the TooN license text is taken straight from an older
libstdc++, for example the one from gcc-3.4:
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~etsman/Docs/gcc-3.4-base/libstdc++/html/17_intro/license.html

The FAQ there clarifies things a bit.

GPLv2 + this exception also probably makes sense as the license for CVD,
as there's some template code and inline functions in there too that are
a bit of a grey area under LGPL.

Btw, the FADBAD license is non-standard (contact the authors for
permission to use commercially). I assume the supporting code added to
TooN is covered by the standard TooN license, and therefore if the
FADBAD stuff isn't used then that license would not apply?

Simon