[Tech] ASL2 definitely not compatible with GPL3, new draft
Matthew Toseland
toad at amphibian.dyndns.org
Fri May 18 17:34:34 UTC 2007
http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/brussels-rms-transcript.en.html
RMS on GPL3 draft 3 (significant changes from draft 2).
"So we are compatible with that clause in the Apache licence but a few months
ago we noticed that there was another clause in the Apache licence requiring
indemnity in certain cases, and there's no way we can be compatible with
that. So we're not going to achieve that goal of making GPL version three
compatible with the existing Apache licence. I regret that."
Which means we can't comply 100% with the law while including Apache Commons
code in Freenet. :| Except maybe by adding an exception to the license, which
requires permission of all copyright holders, and that's a *MAJOR* PITA.
More on GPL3 draft 3:
http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/gplv3.en.html
Rationale for changes from draft 2:
http://gplv3.fsf.org/rationale
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