On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 01:21 PM, Alan Dechert wrote:
> Here is what Fred wrote to me. I don't think I'm the right person to
> answer
> this.
> We need a header for the sources that states the
> explicit copyright. ...100% GPL compatible
In the previous long discussion, we had agreed on the EVMPL. I wrote a
detailed letter to the FSF to get their opinion on that license (i.e.
is it GPL compatible and/or a "Free Software license"). Unfortunately,
it took several months to get a response, and after that time it was an
annoying form letter to the effect: "Free Software is good; read our
website." Did I post that? (either way, it wasn't helpful).
The EVMPL may now be found at:
http://evm2003.sourceforge.net/EVMPL
Which I think is a good reference URL for headers.
Doug Jones asked for the additional clause in the EVMPL; however, I
think at the time we were not considering linking with (as opposed to
just using) any GPL'd software. I think now we link to Qt under GPL,
which binds our derived software. I would recommend adding a second
"clarification" in the EVMPL header:
2nd Clarification:
If the revision history condition of the EVMPL is determined
to be incompatible with the GPL for distribution of GPL-linked
software, this condition may be treated as an advisory request
rather than as a binding condition within that linked software.
Given this, I can't imagine our license to be non-GPL-compatible, since
it just says the GPL takes precedence over our clause.
Absent any objection, I guess I'll update the above URL to point to
http://evm2003.sourceforge.net/EVMPL.v1, which I've created just now.
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