Bodil is wrong, I belive. You can write GPL software with clojure, in the same way that you can write GPL software with Java. Or GPL software for Windows.
The relevant provision in the GPL is the bit about "standard interface" and "system libraries". You can link GPL code to a system library without release of the source of the system libraries at all. For languages, we have this: "in the case of interfaces specified for a particular programming language, one that is widely used among developers working in that language." This is a bit difficult to interpret, but for Clojure any library in clojure.core which is released in the main Clojure jar would be covered. There *is*, however, an issue with use of many parts of the Clojure ecosystem. For example, I believe that releasing a leiningen plugin under GPL would be impossible, since lein is EPL and is not part of the standard interface (I pick lein as an example here, not for any other reason). So, Clojure is not an ideal environment for GPL code, since there will be many libraries you cannot use. I do not believe that the EPL on Clojure has any implications at all for code implemented in Clojure, but I do not know EPL that well. IIUC, I cannot release modified versions of Clojure under anything other than EPL, but that is the main limitation. It's an unfortunate situation in some ways, but one that has been entered into consciously. Doubly unfortunate in that it is largely for technical reasons, as far as I can tell, rather than a deliberate desire to EPL and GPL to be incompatible. Such is life. Licences are more complex than code. Kyle Sexton <k...@mocker.org> writes: > Can anyone weigh in on whether it is possible to write GPL code with clojure? > Seen some recent[1] tweets saying that the EPL on clojure core prevents > writing GPL code with clojure. > > [1] - https://twitter.com/bodil/status/633566680879366144 -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
