This was like good news., but I saw the licensing was an OSI approved license. I tried reading that license., and since I'm not a lawyer and dont understant that terminology very well, I dont grasp anything out of it.
Can someone on the list who understood that tell me what the major points are., and the difference from the GNU GPL.
OpenSolaris's CDDL 1.0 is similar to Mozilla public license. They both are Free Software licenses but GPL incompatible.
My personal opinion: I hate GPL incompatible licenses. Because you cannot use their source in your GPL project and even worse you cannot even link to their library. GPL incompatibility results in duplication of work. But they are at least better than proprietary licenses.
-- Anand Babu
Joe Steeve wrote:
This was like good news., but I saw the licensing was an OSI approved license. I tried reading that license., and since I'm not a lawyer and dont understant that terminology very well, I dont grasp anything out of it.
Can someone on the list who understood that tell me what the major points are., and the difference from the GNU GPL.
Anand Babu ab@gnu.org.in writes:
I hate GPL incompatible licenses. Because you cannot use their source in your GPL project and even worse you cannot even link to their library. GPL incompatibility results in duplication of
Why? Because the CDDL does not let a part of the code to be GPLed? or LGPLed?
Joe Steeve wrote:
Anand Babu ab@gnu.org.in writes:
I hate GPL incompatible licenses. Because you cannot use their source in your GPL project and even worse you cannot even link to their library. GPL incompatibility results in duplication of
Why? Because the CDDL does not let a part of the code to be GPLed? or LGPLed?
I am not sure what you are asking. Can you please explain again? -- Anand Babu
Anand Babu ab@gnu.org.in writes:
Why? Because the CDDL does not let a part of the code to be GPLed? or LGPLed?
I am not sure what you are asking. Can you please explain again?
Is it because, the CDDL does not let its derivative to be released under GPL? Hmm., I think I'll look up the license., this stuff should be in the conditions of distribution part.
Is it because, the CDDL does not let its derivative to be released under GPL? Hmm., I think I'll look up the license., this stuff should be in the conditions of distribution part.
Legal definition of the term "derived software" is often confusing. Let me put in simple terms.
Code from CDDL and GPL *cannot* be combined together. A GPL'd code cannot even link to a library licensed under CDDL.
How ever it is possible to dual license (GPL/CDDL) the code. One good example is Mozilla project's triple licensing scheme (MPL/GPL/LGPL).
-- Anand Babu
Anand Babu ab@gnu.org.in writes:
Code from CDDL and GPL *cannot* be combined together. A GPL'd code cannot even link to a library licensed under CDDL.
OK., I got it :)
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