On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Garth Sheldon-Coulson<g...@mit.edu> wrote: > Another option Rich could consider for Clojure is the Mozilla tri-license > (GPL/LGPL/MPL). > > http://www-archive.mozilla.org/MPL/relicensing-faq.html > > The tri-license would remove any lingering ambiguity about building GPLed > Clojure projects. > > But actually I believe the status quo is already quite permissive. The fact > that Clojure is EPLed doesn't mean you can't write GPLed apps using it.* The > EPL-GPL incompatibility bites you only when you try to GPL something that is > a "derivative work" of Clojure. Doing so would be illegal in the status quo. > Simple apps built with Clojure don't create a derivative work. Libraries > probably don't either. Packaging Clojure with your application doesn't. A > modification of Clojure itself does. Anything in between is iffy. The EPL > FAQ covers most of this stuff. See: > > http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php#GPLCOMPATIBLE > and > http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php#EXAMPLE >
I found this link also pretty interesting: http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html Doesn't cover the EPL though. (... but also IANAL, and can't/won't advise on legal matters). Cheers, Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
